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

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9:30 am

Mr. Ciar?n Breen:

It is very hypothetical. We would have to look at the facts at the time. Security for costs rarely arises. In my 22 years in the State Claims Agency, I cannot remember a case where that arose. It is a very particular feature of litigation and very sui generis.

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