Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 620 and 621 together.
The detail relating to judicial reviews that my Department was responsible for in each of the years 1997 to 2007 inclusive is set out in the following tabular statement.
| 1997 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | One | None | None. |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | One | None | None |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| Two | Two | None in both cases | Case 1 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | Leave granted by High Court in April 2001. Applicants withdrew the case in May 2002 | N/A | N/A |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | The application was successful in 2002 | None | None |
| 2002 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | One | None | None |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| Three | Case 1 | Case 1 | Case 1 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| Three | Two applications pending | None | None |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | One. | None | None |
| 2006 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| Three | Two cases pending | None | €23,367.00 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | One | None — The Court found in favour of the Minister | None |
| 2007 |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated against the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| One | Hearing set to commence 5 February 2008 | Judicial Review not yet heard | Judicial Review not yet heard |
| Number of applications for Judicial Review initiated by the Department | Number of applications where leave was granted | Total damages awarded against the State | Total costs awarded against the State |
| None | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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