Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation
9:00 am
Mr. Ciarán Breen:
Our stated aim is to ensure that we assess liability. We decide whether somebody has a case and that the State is liable or they do not and we defend it. If there is a liability, our job is to make sure that we pay appropriate compensation and costs, neither undercompensating nor overcompensating.