Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31783/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's question the following table gives the details requested by the Deputy. The information has been provided by the Chief State Solicitors Office using the Chief State Solicitors Office/ Attorney Generals Office case management system which includes all cases where the Department of Finance or Minister is listed as a client of the Chief State Solicitor's or Attorney General's Office.

The number of cases listed includes both cases where a Court Record Number (CRN) has been assigned to the case and cases which have yet to have a Court Record Number assigned to them. The number of cases listed includes cases initiated by the Minister of Finance or Department of Finance. The number of cases listed also includes non litigation cases in which the Department of Finance is involved e.g. property transactions.

Table of cases by year of Commencement

In addition to the information provided to me by Chief State Solicitors Office the State Claims Agency have provided the following information.

Under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2000, the management of personal injury and property damage claims against the state, including the Department of Finance and of the underlying risks was delegated to the NTMA. When performing these functions, the NTMA is known as the State Claims Agency (SCA).

The Department of Finance legal claims pending, under management by the SCA (Data is reflective of the position as of 29/06/2012):