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:

This point came up at either the previous meeting or the one before. The Comptroller and Auditor General's Office and we are happy that was proven, given the system that we are employing, which was measured by our actuaries in looking in real time at what it actually cost and what we had estimated, with the margin of prudence. We reserve by looking at similar cases. Effectively what we are doing at any one time is looking at cases that had similar facts and background, allowing for the fact that plaintiffs are different and can be differently affected-----