Written answers

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental Legal Cases

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [45397/23]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Depending on the subject matter, litigation against my Department is dealt with by the Attorney General’s Office and the Chief State Solicitor’s Office or the State Claims Agency.

The table below sets out the number of cases commenced against the Department over the past 10 years, as well as all legal costs paid by the Department each year.

Year Number of cases commenced each year Costs paid each year
2023* 9 €525,504
2022 15 €200,792
2021 5 €83,402
2020 6 €144,722
2019 13 €389,797
2018 13 €163,223
2017 3 €197,708
2016 4 €147,324
2015 1 €142,643
2014 7 €186,663
2013 4 €156,794

*Number of cases up to 30 September 2023

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