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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)

Paul McAuliffe: In the carrying out by the State Claims Agency of its own legal strategy, there may be times it will settle a case.

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)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Breen gave me an answer that legal costs very rarely exceed the settlement amount. Can Mr. Breen provide a breakdown to the committee to assist it in evaluating that? For example, if legal costs are three quarters of the final settlement it could still be worrying, if he knows what I mean.

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)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.

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)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Breen believe that the size of the legal team the State Claims Agency has - for example there might be two senior counsel on its side - sometimes obliges the other side to match that and have two senior counsel on their side? Has the agency looked at how those costs might contribute to the overall increase?

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)

Paul McAuliffe: That is something I have been alerted to as well. I have one last question. That panel of legal experts the State Claims Agency procures, is it correct that it also uses those same people to carry out the mediation 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)

Paul McAuliffe: I am being blunt because of the time. It is accepted that barristers operate on an independent basis per case and so on, but it does raise a concern that if an individual is in mediation with the State Claims Agency and the person who is mediating that case is somebody who receives significant income from the State Claims Agency procurement panel, one can imagine how there might be a...

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)

Paul McAuliffe: I am out of time. I thank Mr. Breen and I might come back in the second round.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his plans to increase the number of e-bike sharing schemes in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve wait times for NCT tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the electric SPSV, eSPSV, scheme for small public service vehicles, SPSVs, will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Finglas Luas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the E, F and A spine of the network redesign of BusConnects will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Finglas roundabout scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand and alternate the driving test routes at the Finglas test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10639/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the witnesses, Joe, Doireann and Charlie. I first met Sean when he was rapping at the Finglas Festival. We had a programme and many kids on and off the stage. Sean's group was so popular that they ran out of time but kept going and going. Of course, we rushed them off the stage. I said to Karen and Joe that I wish I had not rushed them off the stage that day because we did not...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: To highlight Ms O'Mahony's point, I have heard Mr. Hughes talk time and again about the messages he has received from people who have been affected by his campaign, which, while small, has had a big impact in saving people's lives. Will he give us some examples of the stories he has heard and some idea of how many lives could be saved if we were to hold a national campaign on this?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Hughes had some success in obliging some of the authorities to create awareness. Dublin Fire Brigade, for example, has a sepsis information message on the side of its ambulances. The HSE has created an entire campaign in Lil Red's image, with red hair, and that is the basis of some of the print materials. A lot of the material needs only to be scaled up. Is that correct?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with Deputy Devlin's suggestion. As a non-member of the committee, I did not realise we could call in the HSE. That is a clever suggestion.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is my experience, from sitting on other committees also, that before asking witnesses to come in we must be very specific on what we want to ask them or they will wriggle out of giving us an answer. Perhaps we might talk to them about the sepsis awareness campaign, on the spend that has happened in the past and also what their plan is for the future. We may take our lead from what Ms...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, and perhaps the witnesses could help us in advance of that meeting, which would be very useful. I thank the witnesses for being here today.