Mr. John O'Grady:

I do not have a discrete cost for that issue. The overall legal cases settled by the Department and some other related costs for tribunals of inquiry and the CervicalCheck issue are disclosed in the appropriation account. There is overall expenditure in subhead D of the Department of Health’s Vote of €9.3 million in 2021 compared with €4.7 million the previous year. There is an overall settlement of 60 cases in 2021 and 13 in 2020. I do not have a breakdown of how many relate to nursing home issues but we will get that and revert to the committee.