James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency per year for compensation as a result of patients acquiring hospital infections since 2001; the number of cases settled to date; the settlement in each case; the amount paid in legal fees; the duration between lodging the claim and the judgement or settlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31430/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency per year as the result of patients alleging the contraction of hospital acquired infections (such as MRSA/C-Difficile) since the inception of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme in 2002, is as follows:

Twenty-two cases have been concluded to date, broken down as follows:- 3 settled, 2 claims dismissed and 17 claims discontinued by plaintiffs. The settled cases did so on a confidential basis, between the plaintiff and the hospital involved, and therefore I am prevented from providing a financial breakdown in those cases. The duration between lodging a claim and the settlement/judgement was 1.7 years.