Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. I will move on to the issue of medical negligence claims. The report refers to maternity cases running at about 61% of all claims for medical negligence. I am aware we have reviewed this in the context of how we deal with that, in fairness to Department, the HSE and State Claims Agency. Do we now need to look at other jurisdictions to see how we can better manage and deal with claims that are arising rather than cases dragging on for quite a period of time? I am aware there is a legal issue and the Department is not directly involved in the management of those cases, but do we now need to do a review? When we consider the figures, which is more than €4 billion in claims in real terms if we had to settle every one of them in the morning, do we now need to look at that? The amount being paid out each year is increasing and there is no-----