John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It has been claimed that the State could save millions of euro by bringing medical negligence claims under the remit of the Injuries Board. The Minister and Fine Gael spoke about that issue and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, announced plans to set up a medical injuries assessment board, based on the Injuries Board. How advanced are those plans? Does the Minister support the idea of strict liability for medical injury with compensation assessed by an independent assessment board in such instances?

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