James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. My first question relates to the process in situations where there are reoccurring claims. Does the State Claims Agency provide advice to State agencies where it feels they need to tie down loose ends or provide advice to them where there are reoccurring solvable issues that the agency feels would reduce the overall levels of compensation that are required to be paid out? Does the agency engage in those conversations with State agencies? The reason I am asking is there was significant growth in the outstanding liability from 2012 to 2022. The growth has been, quite frankly, enormous.