Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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627. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which his Department's annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if forecasting is undertaken regarding setting future amounts; the contingent liability figure for his Department for 2020; and if the contingent has been utilised to date in 2020. [36898/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The risk of potential contingent liabilities is normally considered on an annual basis in the context of the Appropriation Account as well as the Budget and Estimates cycles respectively and taking account of any legal advice or specific knowledge of situations occurring, that might give rise to a contingent liability. 

The Appropriation Account for 2019 for my Department indicated that there were no contingent liabilities to report at the end of the year.