Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2025
470. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of judicial review cases her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [32839/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra471. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of legal cases defended by her Department in each of the past ten years in which the statutory and constitutional right to an education was invoked; 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 respect of the same matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32852/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra472. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 respect of the same matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32853/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 470, 471 and 472 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is currently being collated and reviewed by officials in my Department and a response will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
