Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Public Accounts Committee
Deloitte Report on Cost of Care in Grace Case
9:00 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
Yes. The more typical example would be in the case of a person who has an injury acquired at birth who may have long-term care needs resulting from cerebral palsy, for example, but there are other instances of harm arising from interaction with the health care system where we now see periodic payments instead of a single lump sum payment. There is intended to be legislation forthcoming which will make that the norm rather than the exception.