Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It was a subject that the previous iteration of this committee paid some attention to.

The conflation of cost containment and the public interest was something we saw in the document the Attorney General presented. Presumably, that is the same approach as that taken where there are cases of significant injury. The biggest cost in regard to the €4.5 billion concerns damage from maternity cerebral palsy. This comprises the biggest group according to Chapter 20 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Dr. Rhona O'Mahony is now carrying out the review. I would have expected a constant in relation to identifying where these cases are. Was the review prompted by the escalating number of claims or the damage done to the individuals? Is there a larger number of people who have been impacted?