Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 May 2013

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Ceisteanna (187)

Andrew Doyle

Ceist:

187. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of litigation in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the General Court in Luxembourg and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from the years 2005 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23309/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department incurred a sum of €480 in travel costs in 2008 in connection with attendance at a European Court of Justice case in Luxembourg. My Department is not aware of any other expenditure on legal or travel costs as a result of litigation in the courts mentioned during the years in question.