Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a clinical indemnity scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54540/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department is currently completing its review and consolidation of earlier Delegation Orders since 2003 which delegated the management of clinical indemnity claims under the Clinical Indemnity Scheme (CIS) to the National Treasury Management Agency.

A number of bodies, currently not covered by the CIS including the one listed by the Deputy, have requested that the State would provide clinical indemnity cover to them. The consolidation process has taken a considerable number of months to complete. My officials expect to provide me with details of the updated Scheme and details of new bodies seeking cover under the CIS and the criteria under which new bodies should be accepted into the CIS within the coming months. When a decision is made on this request, my officials will advise the body in due course.

The amended Delegation Order will be subject of a Memorandum for Government before it is signed into law.