Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
251. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's expenditure on legal fees in each of the 16 ETBs in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by case name and record number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraEducation and Training Boards (ETBs) are separate legal entities provided for under the Education and Training Board Act 2013. Each ETB is responsible for legal matters, including legal costs arising in that ETB. Legal costs are managed directly by ETBs from within financial allocations available to them.
Accordingly my Department is not directly involved in expenditure on legal fees in ETBs and does not collect information by case and record number.
