Written answers
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Legal Cases
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of legal cases brought against her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if he will provide details on the nature of these cases. [37817/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table below outlines the approximate number of cases where the Department have been litigated against. As per Dáil Standing Order 69, it would be inappropriate to comment further on matters which are sub judice.
Year | Number of litigation cases where the Department of Social Protection is the respondent |
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2021 (to date) | 20 |
2020 | 31 |
2019 | 15 |
2018 | 45 |
2017 | 32 |
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