Mr. Ciarán Breen:

It might help the Deputy if I were to update his figures. The current figure is 305 cases for CervicalCheck. This is broken into 245 cases from claimants and an extra 60 cases from family members in regard to issues such as psychological injury. Forty-one cases have concluded, 33 of which were in respect of claimants and eight in respect of family members.

On the matter of outstanding liability for the State against those claims, the Deputy must understand that our liability - the State's liability - is limited almost exclusively to the non-disclosure element that has been involved in that. In the case of the late Ruth Morrissey against the HSE, the High Court decided that that figure was €10,000. The laboratories carry the principal liability and, therefore, the State's liability is pretty well capped at the amount that pays for non-disclosure. As the Deputy may know, we also have a separate Government scheme whereby women can apply directly on a non-disclosure basis and get a payment without going to court.