Departmental Expenditure

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Ceisteanna (359)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5389/24]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

The information requested is currently being compiled and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to Parliamentary Question Number 359 which was for answer on 7 February 2024, in which you asked for “the amount spent on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. As you may recall, the information you requested was not available at that time and I undertook to contact you again when the information was to hand.

The information requested is provided below.

Details of the expenditure recorded on my Department’s financial management system for legal costs or legal services in each of the years outlined, are provided in the table below. These legal costs relate primarily to third party costs arising from judicial reviews against the immigration service of my Department.

Year	Cost
2014	7,123,550
2015	6,742,915
2016	6,574,208
2017	6,686,202
2018	7,820,401
2019	7,612,402
2020	9,790,981
2021	11,457,935
2022	10,433,315
2023	10,073,601
2024 (to date)	502,697

I trust this information is of assistance.