Judicial Reviews

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Ceisteanna (345)

Ivana Bacik

Ceist:

345. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32847/25]

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Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to her in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 52(1)(b).

The following deferred reply was received under Standing orders.

I am advised that my Department has been involved in 23 Judicial Review proceedings in the last 10 years. It is important to note that my Department would not have been the lead respondent in all of these Judicial Reviews and may have appeared with another Department or public body. Of these 23 cases, 14 are closed and 9 remain open. Given the complex nature of a Judicial Review and the range of potential outcomes, it is not possible to break these cases down into the categories requested.