Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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We have talked about delays in the processing of claims and it has come up quite a lot. One of the areas where delays are occurring is where there is an adverse outcome, a person has died and there are delays at inquests. Is that a feature in dealing with claims and subsequently, because there is a delay? There is no time period in which an inquest has to be held. Has the agency raised any concerns in that area with the Department?