The Department has identified three legal cases which have been taken against the Department during the period in question. All three were individual claims taken against the Department and have all been 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
|
2013
|
Nil
|
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 to date
|
Nil
|