Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31788/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question the following are the number of legal cases pending against my Department:

In the matter of the cases commenced in 2005, 2006 and one of the 2011 cases originally the Minister for Finance was a co-defendant in this case and under section 13 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 I am the successor to the Minister for Finance in these cases.

One of the cases commenced in 2011 has been appealed to the Supreme Court following a judgment delivered in my Department's favour in March 2012. I have been advised that the current waiting time for appeals to be heard in the Supreme Court is currently in excess of 36 months.