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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: True.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: A breakdown.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Ultimately, it is the HSE's liability.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: It is only the handling agent.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: I ask the HSE to provide us with a summary of the cases but no details on any cases. Obviously the €1.9 billion is made up probably 1,000 cases. The HSE will be able to grade them.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: The high one versus the medium one.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: To provide that.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Give it to us in bands that make sense to us.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: What I find most distressing as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, and people will agree with me on this, is there is a figure of €2 billion that we now know, at the end of 2016, that is ultimately due. That includes the legal aspect. So there is €2 billion due to be paid. Most of it is for people who have suffered medical negligence cases. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: The majority or the biggest element is clinical indemnity.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Maybe they could be handled through the Department rather than out of the HSE's Vote to provide health care but that is a different issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: In essence, €2 billion must be paid out to outstanding known claims. The best actuarial advice has indicated that will be the figure. Last year only €228 million, or 10%, was paid out. Without any new claims, we are saying that the cases on hand, at the rate we are paying them, and these people have already suffered a catastrophic incident, it will take ten years before the...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: It is only an average. It could take longer; it could be shorter. We have all read about children aged six, seven, eight or nine years and their parents suing, etc. Often there is a settlement without an admission of liability.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: Yes. One does not have to admit liability to make the payment.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: I know it requires court approval.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: I ask the director general to finish on that matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Seán Fleming: The HSE would probably make interim payments, I would hope.