Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 168 (details supplied) if he will reconsider his reply. [31654/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department reviewed all of the circumstances of this case when replying to Parliamentary Question 27140/12 and has nothing further to add. This question relates to issues first litigated by the person named some 30 years ago that are long since concluded, save for the discharge of legal fees due in respect of a case which was lost. In one case, the person named successfully sued the Minster and was paid costs. The person named was unsuccessful in other litigation he pursued against the State and is responsible for payment of the costs of these unsuccessful actions. The matter of the recovery of costs is being pursued by the Chief State Solicitor's Office, following the award of costs to the State.