Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Looking at how medical negligence is dealt with in other countries, is there a need to look at a policy change in this area? Can we manage it in a better way while making sure that where errors are made, people are adequately provided for? Is it not time to review the whole process rather than having what we have now where claims can go on for long periods of six, seven or eight years before they are finalised? Do we now need to look at that overall picture?