Written answers

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Albert DolanAlbert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66359/25]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department generally seeks advice on domestic legal matters from the Office of the Attorney General and/or the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Depending on the subject matter, litigation is dealt with on my Department’s behalf by the Attorney General’s Office, the Chief State Solicitor’s Office or the State Claims Agency, which engages lawyers to act for the Department where necessary.

Annual expenditure with the State Claims Agency is detailed in the table below:

Year Value of Payments
2020
69,353
2021
34,548
2022
84,455
2023
548,367
2024
167,991
2025 (To 20th Nov)
71,876
Total
976,590

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