Department of Justice spent €2.5m on legal fees in 2016
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The Department of Justice and agencies under its remit spent over €2.5 million on legal fees last year.
The figure was revealed in response to a Dáil question from John Deasy TD and does not include legal aid spending or payments for legal services by Commissions of Investigation and Tribunals of Inquiry.
The Department itself paid €19,127 to Conor Devally SC, €1,968 to John Fitzgerald JC and €1,920 to Mr Justice Roderick Murphy.
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner paid out €894,021, most of which - nearly €750,000 - went to specialist commercial law firm Philip Lee Solicitors.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission paid out €439,836 to 32 different barristers and solicitor firms last year.
Gsoc paid out €319,608 for legal services, with the largest sum of €167,280 going to Mason Hayes & Curran. The new Policing Authority paid €20,301, including €8,198 to ByrneWallace.
The Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA) paid out €207,143 for legal services, including over €122,000 to Beauchamps Solicitors and nearly €60,000 to Jonathan Miller.
The Insolvency Service of Ireland paid out €185,509 to McCann Fitzgerald and a small fee to Darcy Horan.
The Legal Aid Board paid out €174,581 to Mason Hayes & Curran.
The Property Services Regulatory Authority paid out €135,817 to McDowell Purcell Solicitors.
The Private Security Authority paid out €52,235, most of which went to Holmes O’Malley Sexton Solicitors.
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