Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE

9:00 am

Mr. Cathal O'Keeffe:

We now measure in a slightly different way. The figure to which the Deputy referred was the number of claims that previously had been reported as incidents. It was reasonable that some claims had not previously been reported as incidents because it might not have been known at the time of the incident that there had been an adverse outcome and that a subsequent claim would arise. Looking specifically at claims previously reported as incidents is not terribly helpful. This year we have revised the process. When a claim comes in, we can make an assessment of whether it should previously have been reported as an incident. What we are trying to look at is the difference between the number which should have been reported and the number that were actually reported. Looking at the figure quoted by the Deputy in isolation is not that helpful.

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