Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Obviously 90% of the cases under the State Claims Agency are clinical cases. Another prominent case would be that of Louise O'Keeffe which was decided in the European Court of Human Rights. In the course of similar cases the agency had written to people to withdraw their actions after the matters were decided in the Irish courts. Some did withdraw but some went to court.

The State Claims Agency was not successful in regard to costs in some cases. The Supreme Court refused to award State legal fees against individuals. Has the agency written back to the 135 people and withdrawn the letter stating the agency was seeking a ruling for State legal costs? Perhaps at the time the agency believed that would be the case, but now that a ruling has been made by a higher court, has the agency reverted to those 135 people and withdrawn the letters and sought mediation or the issue of new summonses?