Public Accounts Committee: Dept must reveal how much it paid barristers on Apple appeal

The Department of Finance can “no longer hide behind” data protection rules to refuse to reveal how much it paid barristers to work on the €14bn Apple appeal, the Public Accounts Committee has said.

The department has come in for persistent criticism for using the excuse of the introduction of GDPR in 2018 as a reason to not release payments to barristers or former senior office holders like ex-Taoisigh and Presidents.