Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to and the damages paid by the State in relation to judicial reviews that his Department were responsible for in each of the years 1997 to 2007 inclusive; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [1108/08]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [1123/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1103 and 1104 together.

Records in relation to judicial reviews are only maintained in my Department where leave to apply is granted and the following table gives the relevant numbers for each of the years 1997-2007. My Department does not keep a separate record in relation to expenditure on judicial reviews. Such expenditure is included in Subhead T of my Department's Vote. Payments from Subhead T covers expenditure in relation to compensation claims and legal costs arising in relation to the majority of legal proceedings, including judicial reviews, to which my Department is exposed. Accordingly, it is not possible to provide the financial data as requested by the Deputy.

In the period in question approximately €345 million has been paid out of Subhead T in respect of approximately 17,600 claims for compensation.