Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Public Accounts Committee
State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE
9:00 am
Mr. Ciarán Breen:
There is no doubt that the fact that we require a return to court on a defined date on the expiry of the interim payment order, which is made for a defined period, involves costs for us and for the plaintiff. We are paying both sets of costs and certainly that is an additional cost that would not exist if we had the statutory scheme.