Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [40018/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs previously advised to the Deputy in response to Dáil question No. 271 of 5th May 2021, details of legal costs for my Department are published in the Annual Appropriation Account and subject to audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General. The Annual Appropriation Accounts up to 2020 have been published on the Comptroller & Auditor General Website and are available using the following link:
Appropriation Accounts - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Details of any 2021/2022 legal costs for my Department will be published in the 2021 and 2022 Annual Appropriation Accounts upon completion of the audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General. I am advised that there has been no expenditure of this type in 2021 or to date in 2022.
