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 Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Does Mr. Breen believe that the size of the legal team the State Claims Agency has - for example there might be two senior counsel on its side - sometimes obliges the other side to match that and have two senior counsel on their side? Has the agency looked at how those costs might contribute to the overall increase?