Written answers
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Legal Cases
Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63626/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department is set out in the table below. The bodies under the aegis of my Department have had no such costs in the period specified.
| - | Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Judicial reviews of planning decisions | Total cost |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Blackpool Flood Relief Scheme consent | €40,000 * |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 to Date | 0 | 0 |
*Relates to applicant legal costs only.
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