John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister comment on the cost to the State of medical negligence claims in 2013 and the extraordinary sums paid in fees to persons defending the Health Service Executive in such cases? Will the Minister admit that in cases of negligence at birth, the HSE has a tactical policy of deliberately delaying or withholding admission of liability, resulting in lengthy litigation processes for vulnerable families? Does he agree that we need a radical overhaul of how criminal negligence is managed?

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