Written answers
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Legal Cases
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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64. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and the costs associated with same in each of those years. [45405/23]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department has identified three legal cases which have been taken against the Department during the period in question. All three were individual claims taken against the Department and have all been concluded involving a small settlement and associated legal and ancillary costs. The costs for the three cases spread over four years are set out in the following table:
Year | Cost |
---|---|
2013 | Nil |
2014 | €22,909.30 |
2015 | €3,650.12 |
2016 | €1,630.35 |
2017 | €502.05 |
2018 | Nil |
2019 | Nil |
2020 | Nil |
2021 | Nil |
2022 | Nil |
2023 to date | Nil |
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