Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for what has been a fairly forthright and honest discussion today. I might be going over old ground, so I apologise if I ask questions or restate points that have already been covered. I want to start with claims. Looking at the opening statement, it is a bit apples and oranges in terms of how it is expressed. According to the statement, 2,379 claims have been raised and the employer's representative has determined 1,610 claims of €16.75 million. Then the language changes and it states that "a further €2.1 million has been agreed through the dispute management process". If I do very simple subtraction, I can see that that €2.1 million does not touch the sides of the 770 remaining claims. We have been told that there are two claims before the High Court. Of the 770 claims that are not accounted for in that metric, how much does that €2.1 million cover and how many outstanding claims are not included within that?

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