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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.9

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Chief Executive to report on how much has been spent on legal costs by this County Council in defending claims from the public and how much has been paid by the Council in respect of  insurance claims made by the public?

REPLY:

The expenditure incurred by South Dublin County Council for legal fees and compensation payments in relation to public liability claims, in the years 2014 and 2015 to date, is outlined in the table below. It should be noted that, in the majority of cases, the cases settled related to claims submitted in previous years.

  Jan - Dec 2014 Jan - August 2015
Public Liability legal fees €474,792.01        €448,752.71
Public Liability claim payments (inclusive of all non-legal outlays) €660,877.99        €317,840.23