Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

State Claims Agency: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Ciarán Breen:

I recall one case in particular where a woman had a diagnosis of cancer and where her lawyers informed us and would not have been able to get the proceedings out in time because she had an extremely bad diagnosis. This is going back a number of years. We immediately offered mediation because the pleadings would have gone on too long. We offered mediation in that case and settled it at the earliest possible time so as to avoid legal proceedings.

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