Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, if she will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which she or her predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court and High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges, and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor's office and, if not, by whom; if she will detail the legal costs incurred by her Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and provide a breakdown of same, including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; if she will detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which she or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs; and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years. [1639/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.