Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 July 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health

9:00 am

Mr. Liam Woods:

We have quarterly meetings with the State Claims Agency in terms of picking up information on its interactions with the operating health system and to make sure that we are aligned - a point which was made previously - in our understanding. That happens and it is very useful. Claims settled are normally settled some time in arrears of three to five years. If the opportunity for learning arises, it should be visible at the time or soon after an incident and it should be built into professional training and development. There are situations where there may be support or retraining happening within an individual unit or-----

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