Michael Noonan confirms €26m was spent on Dept of Finance legal fees last year

The Department of Finance and agencies under its remit spent around €25.75m on legal fees last year.

That is according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan who confirmed that last year, the Central Bank spent €7.33m on legal fees.

However, in a written Dáil reply to Fine Gael Deputy John Deasy, Mr Noonan said that the Central Bank is declining to provide the names of the firms paid “due to potential identification of ongoing cases”.