Defence department pays €3.7m in litigation

The Department of Defence paid more than €3.7m to deal with litigation last year and has spent more than €11m in the last three years dealing with legal cases.

The annual report for 2017 for the Department and the Defence Forces shows that it received 135 new cases last year, including 118 new personal injury claims.

The report, which has been laid before the Oireachtas, also shows that there was an increase in the amount of money paid out in settlements for issues linked to employment in 2017, compared with previous years.