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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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Would it be safe to say that, in the view of the State Claims Agency, NDAs mostly arise in cases concerning medical negligence where private medical information would be made available, and that is the majority of them?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to come back to that issue later.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Catherine Murphy is ahead of me.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I would like to go back to Dr. O'Keeffe on the process by which the agency advises Departments on how to prevent the recurrence of incidents. In my time on the committee, I have struggled with the legal difference between "shall" and "may" because I am not a lawyer, it is not my background. It is in the legislation that the State Claims Agency shall or may advise. Will Dr. O'Keeffe comment...

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it "may" or "shall"?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that present a problem because it speaks to the formality of whether the SCA is advising Departments on what they are going to do?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry; I keep saying that. It is the HSE.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, the use of the word "may" is not so relevant for the HSE and how it behaves but more for the State Claims Agency and how it behaves.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: So it is "shall"?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That formalises it somewhat. Dr. O'Keeffe is advising that the formal way of doing that is through the joint governance group.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that set out anywhere as a process? If I was trying to follow this and go through all the public records, is there a process I could follow that is legible and, for example, in which I can see that the agency advised the HSE of a certain thing?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am not asking about all the different routes. If there is a significant issue that the agency has identified, is there a priority pathway I can follow to make legible to me the conversation between the HSE and the agency around a recurring risk?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I take all those points. For somebody who is trying to follow a particular issue, it seems a bit nebulous. I wish to go back to non-disclosure agreements. My interest was piqued. The agency does not have data relating to that issue. In 2021, for example, of the cases settled without mediation, will Mr. Breen hazard a guess at how many included an NDA in some form?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Who were they led by?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: How often does the agency advise the HSE and more generally? We heard about a particular instance at last week's committee meeting where we were told the agency had advised to move ahead with a particular settlement that included an NDA. How often does that happen?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We might send on some details.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That makes the agency a party to the whole process.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We are talking about mediation now, not settlements?

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I take that point.

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 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That seems contrary to what we were told.