Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We can seek an update from the Commissioner on that. Are we happy enough with that?

No. 859 is from Mr. Martin Whelan, head of public affairs and communications, National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, dated 1 November. It provides information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with the NTMA on 7 October. The NTMA also acts as the State Claims Agency. The correspondence includes a breakdown, by sector, of the 12,175 claims against the State active at the end of 2020. These are categorised under the clinical indemnity scheme and the general indemnity scheme. The total estimated outstanding liability is over €4 billion. A breakdown of how much each tribunal involving the NTMA has cost to date is also provided. These include the Moriarty, Mahon, disclosures, Morris and Smithwick tribunals. In total, third-party legal cost claims amount to over €132 million while the cost of agreed claims stands at €59.3 million, so that is almost €200 million between the two. Other information provided includes details of special dividends relating to New Economic and Recovery Authority, NewERA, projects, and that as of end-September 2021, damages amounting to €1.53 million had been paid by the State Claims Agency in respect of the national screening service, or CervicalCheck, cases.

This item has been flagged by Deputy Catherine Murphy. Can we agree to note and publish it?