Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all cases of misdiagnosis by the HSE in which the victim of the misdiagnosis has taken a case against the HSE and which the State Claims Agency manages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20364/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The management of clinical negligence claims arising from the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients in public healthcare enterprises is delegated to the State Claims Agency which has a statutory mandate to investigate and manage these cases to completion.

My officials have clarified with the Deputy that her question relates to claims in the past 10 years. They have also been informed by the State Claims Agency that this information is not readily available and that a large analytical exercise will required in order to extract the data sought. It will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.