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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 17 Apr 1991

Vol. 407 No. 1

Written Answers. - High Court Actions Against Minister.

Alan Shatter

Ceist:

56 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of High Court cases in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the day was named as a defendant in court proceedings in each of the last ten years; the issues involved in such proceedings; the number of such cases successfully defended by him; the number of such cases in which the plaintiff was successful; the amount of legal costs incurred by the State in each year in respect of such cases; and the amount of legal costs paid out by the State in each year pursuant to orders for costs made against him.

I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. In view of the demands of current business and of the Department's ongoing commitments, it would not be possible to allocate the necessary staff resources to research this subject fully.

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