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:
One must understand that all of the thalidomide plaintiffs are in a particular group. The mediation was between that group and the State. The State was the only party that agreed to the mediation, so it was between the State and the thalidomide plaintiffs. It was a single mediation, not a series of individual mediations.