Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2026
115. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture; Communications and Sport to provide details of the number of legal actions against his Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles; if his Department is fully applying the State Litigation Principles in seeking to resolve any current or outstanding legal actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28830/26]
View answerMy Department was re-configured as the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport at the beginning of June 2025.
Regarding the functions currently under the remit of my Department, I am advised that no legal actions against my Department have been resolved without going to court in the period since the establishment of the former Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in September 2020.
In 2025, Comcast exited legal proceedings against the State and my Department. However, these proceedings were before the Courts.
Officials of my Department have been made aware of the State Litigation Principles issued by the Office of the Attorney General and they are taken into account by the CSSO and AGO in the management of litigation.
