Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Watt:

I think the Deputy’s summary is accurate. There were people who were residents in section 39 facilities who fell outside the scope of the redress scheme. They appealed that. The Government side contested the appeal and then decided not to follow through with it and settled the cases. People who went through that process accessed the redress scheme that was set up. They availed of part of the, I think, €440 million in payments that were made under the 2006 redress scheme. Are there other categories of people who were in those? We need to come back to the Deputy on that. I am not entirely sure. There are people who were in section 39 facilities who were charged, some of whom appealed and received their money and there were others who did not appeal.