Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation

9:00 am

Mr. Ciarán Breen:

Generally, we do not come across fraud or anything like that but we have had some section 26 applications where people grossly exaggerated their injuries. In one example, a person indicated that they were very badly injured but the evidence we obtained showed that they were not. It is open to a judge to dismiss a case if that happens.

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