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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The opening statement set out that in respect of the amount claimed for legal expenses, what is settled for is 41% less. Sometimes cases go into court because the amount sought is far higher than the value the State Claims Agency put on it. Looking at the amount that is originally sought in a claim and what it ultimately settles for, what kind of percentage reduction occurs overall? I know that the agency cannot give any individual case but the State Claims Agency gave us the figure for legal costs; can they give the figure for the amount originally sought and what was ultimately settled?