Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 February 2013
153. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality since the establishment of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the number of decisions, per year, quashed by the High Court on judicial review; the number of cases, per year, settled by the State after judicial review proceedings were instituted; and the cost to the State rising from same. [6152/13]
View answerAt the outset it should be noted that since its establishment in late 2000 to end 2012, 40,865 cases were decided by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The total number of cases (1,271) in the categories referred to by the Deputy amount to 3.1% of these. The information requested by the Deputy is as follows.
|
Year |
Judicial Reviews Quashed |
Judicial Reviews Settled |
|
2001 |
0 |
10 |
|
2002 |
0 |
55 |
|
2003 |
1 |
71 |
|
2004 |
1 |
130 |
|
2005 |
2 |
188 |
|
2006 |
9 |
223 |
|
2007 |
12 |
176 |
|
2008 |
14 |
170 |
|
2009 |
14 |
51 |
|
2010 |
22 |
29 |
|
2011 |
13 |
36 |
|
2012 |
14 |
30 |
A breakdown of costs attributable to each category in the above table over the period in question is not readily available. However figures relating to the annual legal costs of the Tribunal over this period are set out in the annual reports of the Tribunal which are available on the Tribunal's website (www.refappeal.ie). The figures in respect of 2012 are not yet available. In looking at these figures, I should point out that the legal costs figures in the Tribunal's reports up to and including 2006 include Tribunal Members fees.
