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:

That was an historical issue and I think the Comptroller and Auditor General might want to comment on that as well. When we get a bill of costs in relation to any case and we settle it, we make an entry in our national incident management system, which is the system where we record the financial information. We recorded exactly what the level of saving was and, over and above that, there were certain cases that we settled on a cost-inclusive basis. What happened was that-----

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