Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Public Accounts Committee
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. David Gunning:
We are investing in a robust claims defence process. That brings litigation and claims defence costs. In 2019, our litigation and claims defence cost was €436 million. These are not the audited numbers, but we will take them. In 2020, the litigation and claims defence cost was €2.3 million. From 2019 to 2020, there was a significant decrease in the claims defence cost. We believe this money is well spent defending each and every one of these claims to save the State money longer term.