Written answers

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Department of An Taoiseach

Departmental Legal Cases

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar 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]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo 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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