Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the role of his Department and agencies under his Department, that is, the State Claims Agency and the National Treasury Management Agency in bringing about a fair and non-adversarial solution to victims of Thalidomide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13510/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The National Treasury Management Agency is designated as the State Claims Agency when performing the claims management and related risk management functions delegated to it. I, as Minister for Finance, formally delegated the management of thalidomide claims to the State Claims Agency through the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation of Claims Management Function) (Amendment) Order 2012 on the 3rd April 2012.

The State Claims Agency has received notification of 24 thalidomide related claims to date. As legal proceedings have issued in respect of one of the cases it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.