Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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559. To ask the Minister for Health the ten largest medical claim payouts and the ten largest non-medical claim payouts settled by the State Claims Agency in 2014, in tabular form; in each case, the nature of the claim; the personal injuries sustained; the agency's legal costs paid to firms; the amount paid in legal costs to claimants' lawyers; if claimant's legal costs were part of the overall claim sums paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The State Claims Agency has supplied the information requested by the Deputy, as set out in the tables below.

Table 1: The largest 10 "payouts" on claims finalised in 2014 for the Clinical & General Claims portfolios

Damages Paid

Table 2: The "Sub-Hazard Type" of the largest 10 "payouts" on claims finalised in 2014 for the Clinical & General Claims portfolios:

Sub-Hazard Type

Table 3: Agency's legal fees paid on each of the largest 10 "payouts" on claims finalised in 2014 for the Clinical and General Claims portfolios

Agency Legal Fees Paid

Table 4: Plaintiff legal fees paid on each of the largest 10 "payouts" on claims finalised in 2014 for the Clinical & General Claims portfolios

Plaintiff Legal Fees Paid

Response notes:

The data above includes the following:

- The position as of 14/10/2015;

- Both the Clinical and General Claim portfolios;

- Claim Finalised between 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014;

- None of the settlements were costs inclusive (claimant costs).