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:
Claims volumes have increased, but we are dealing with a number of mass actions. In one example the in-cell sanitation cases ran to between 1,600 and 2,000. They start with a small number, but there is then an influx of claims. As the figures grow, there are mass actions which drive the numbers higher. There was also a change in the real rate of return where the valuation was going up. There was an adjustment in the Gill Russell case, but there was also an adjustment in all catastrophic injury cases after that, which ensures we build in the rate. There are very good reasons it is happening in this way.
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