Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of legal cases brought against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39989/22]
View answerMy Department has been reconfigured on several occasions since 2012. The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time to compile. There have been 18 legal cases brought against my Department since 2017 broken down as follows:
|
Year |
Number of Legal Cases |
|
2017 |
4 |
|
2018 |
4 |
|
2019 |
3 |
|
2020 |
3 |
|
2021 |
4 |
|
2022 |
0 |
I am advised that it would not be appropriate to provide details on the nature of the specific cases as to do so would encroach on matters presently before the courts.
