Written answers
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Compensation Claims
9:00 pm
Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legal actions for compensation taken against the State and An Garda Síochána, jointly or separately, for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 analysed by case type (details supplied); the amounts of settlements paid to date in each year for the number of cases now concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/10]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The number of legal actions for compensation taken against the State arising from the conduct of members of An Garda Síochána broken down by category as requested is set out in the following Table 1.
Table 1: New cases
Category | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
Assault | 46 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 35 |
Unlawful Arrest | 18 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 20 |
Other | 45 | 69 | 73 | 89 | 69 |
Total | 109 | 139 | 141 | 149 | 124 |
The information requested by the Deputy on compensation paid in respect of legal actions against members of the Garda Síochána for the period from 2005 to 2008 is available on my Department's website. Provisional figures for 2009 are set out in Table 2.
Table 2: Amounts and number of cases concluded
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