National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)

(1) For each of the last three years, i.e. 2021, 2022 and 2023 please provide a list of AIE appeals to the Commissioner for Environmental Information against decisions of your organisation which were initiated in each of those years with the date of the appeal and the Commissioner’s case reference. (2) For each appeal please indicate whether external legal practitioners were engaged. (3) In each case where the answer to question (2) was yes please provide the name of the solicitors and/or counsel that were engaged. (4) In each case where eternal legal counsel was engaged please provide the costs broken down as follows: (i) Solicitors professional fee; (ii) VAT; (iii) counsel’s fees per counsel if more than one; and (iii) itemised outlay (5) For each of the three years listed in (1) please provide the total overall spend by your organisation on external legal advice relating to AIE requests, appeals and litigation