(1) The Agency may, out of advances made by the Minister under subsection (8), pay -

(a) the amount of any costs incurred from time to time by the Agency in respect of the services of professional and other expert advisers in relation to a delegated claim,

(b) the amount of any costs comprising the amount due, as agreed by the Agency and a claimant or (in default of agreement) as taxed or ascertained in accordance with rules of court, to the claimant concerned in respect of a delegated claim, and

(c) the amount of interest (if any) payable on any of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(2) A payment under subsection (1) may be in respect of any amount referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or part thereof.

(3) A State authority on whose behalf an amount is paid under subsection (1) shall, at the request of the Agency, pay to the Agency the amount so paid not later than 30 days from the receipt by it of the request concerned.