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Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Department of An Taoiseach

Departmental Legal Cases

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to such cases. [41724/24]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Three legal cases were taken against the Department of the Taoiseach during the period in question. All three cases were individual claims taken against the Department and all were 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
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 Nil
2024 to date Nil

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