Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister was sent out with that advice but it could have been brought in before now.

In terms of litigation, the Minister will be aware that outstanding liability claims against the State for 2016 amount to €2.2 billion. Some 87% of those liabilities rest with the HSE and Tusla, an amount of approximately €1.9 billion in terms of claims. It is patently obvious that litigation and the manner in which the State Claims Agency is operating is a huge factor in what has happened here and what has happened in other cases. Given the comments that were made earlier about the request to ask the Attorney General to settle cases without further litigation, how can the Minister stand over that in this instance and yet another arm of the State is actively defending cases in regard to the prescribing of Lariam, whereby not only is it defending the cases and adopting the exact same tactic but it is also continuing to prescribe that drug? What plans has the Government to deal with this whole area of litigation, how it informs itself on other legislative provision and the impact that this has had on open disclosure?

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