944. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of legal cases defended by her Department in each of the past ten years in which the next friend of a minor was the plaintiff or applicant; of those cases, the number in 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 in res…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Legal Cases
287 questions from 34 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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286 written, 1 oral
34
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
departments asked
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 3 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 83 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 1 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 17 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 126 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 25 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
1012. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a family (details supplied) will receive remediation through the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29546/25]
1013. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update regarding the next steps of the redress scheme for the Stardust survivors; the timeline for the rollout of the redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29556/25]
1019. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the second phase of the compensation scheme for survivors of the Stardust fire; when he expects payments to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/25]
1063. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline in respect the Stardust redress scheme, including the exceptionality phase of the Stardust redress scheme for survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30527/25]
1064. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update in respect of the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/25]
394. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the costs in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025 to his Department and to agencies under his remit, including Uisce Éireann, of legal actions relating to planning and construction of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28758/25]
785. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the current court case in relation to PGI status for grass fed beef between an organisation (details supplied) and EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17458/25]
929. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of legal costs for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 incurred by the state arising from the defence of cases taken by members of the public against the HSE on issues of alleged medical negligence or other forms of alleged service failure; the number of cases upheld by the courts; and the numbers of cases settled out of court. [16849/25]
696. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of cases these related to. [5541/25]
972. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal actions taken against her Department due to a child not receiving an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe since 2020, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2785/25]
973. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid out in legal fees by her Department due to legal actions being taken by parents of a child not receiving an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe since 2020, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2786/25]