Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to raise one issue. It is where one State company sues another State company. The best example I can give is where Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is a State company, takes the Department of Education all the way to An Bord Pleanála over a planning application. By the time the thing is dealt with, the cost for the Department has gone up by €2 million. Have we any idea of the number of State organisations that are involved in litigation with another State body at any one time?