Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Judicial Reviews
8:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 727: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to and the damages paid by the State on judicial reviews that his Department was responsible for in each of the years 1997 to 2007 inclusive; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [1116/08]
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 728: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for judicial review that his Department was responsible for in each of the years 1997 to 2007; the number of applications where leave was granted for each year; and if he will present the information in tabular readable form. [1131/08]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 727 and 728 together.
The details sought by the Deputy are set out in the following table.
| Year | No. of Applications where leave was granted | Costs paid by the State | Cases not yet determined | Cases appealed/ being appealed by Plaintiff | Judgment awaited by Supreme Court |
| 1997 | Nil | ||||
| 1998 | Nil | ||||
| 1999 | Nil | ||||
| 2000 | 1 | Nil | |||
| 2001 | 4 | €904 | |||
| 2002 | 1 | €12,000 (this payment was made in January 2008) | |||
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 1 | €81,568 (Solicitors fees of €77,282 included in this figure) | |||
| 2005 | 1 | Nil | |||
| 2006 | 1 | Costs not yet decided | |||
| 2007 | 3 | Bill of costs not yet received | 2 |
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