Alan Shatter
Ceist:48 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of High Court cases in which the Minister for Social Welfare 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.
