Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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225. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of litigation in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the General Court in Luxembourg and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from the years 2005 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Defence has not incurred any legal or travel costs as a result of litigation in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the General Court in Luxembourg and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from the years 2005 to 2012. The Chief State Solicitors Office and the State Claims Agency deal with all legal matters on behalf of the Department. It is usual for the Department of Foreign Affairs to manage cases in the European Courts and therefore any legal costs would be borne by that Department.