Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency relating to historical child sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) is part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), which is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. The SCA have supplied the information included in this report, and confirmed that it is correct as of 14^thMay 2018.

This report shows the number of active claims managed by the State Claims Agency in relation to historical child sexual abuse claims as recorded on the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This is hosted by the SCA for the Health Service Executive (HSE), other Healthcare enterprises and State Authorities.

Historical child sexual abuse claims are assumed to be claims with a date of Incident recorded on NIMS as 2000 or earlier.

With regard to the number of active claims against the SCA relating to historical child sexual abuse, please see Table 1.

Table 1: Active historical child sexual abuse claims

Definitions:

National Incident Management System (NIMS):Incidents (which include claims) are reported using the “National Incident Management System”. This is hosted by the State Claims Agency (SCA) for the HSE, other Healthcare enterprises and State Authorities. An incident can be a harmful Incident (Adverse Event), no harm incident, near miss, dangerous occurrence (reportable circumstance) or complaint.

Claim: A claim refers to notification of intention to seek compensation for personal injury and/or property damage where it is alleged the State was negligent. The application may be in the form of a letter of claim, an InjuriesBoard.ie application, or a written/oral request.

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims settled by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 relating to historical child sexual abuse; the value of these settlements in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) is part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), which is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. The SCA have supplied the information included in this report, and confirmed that it is correct as of 14 May 2018.

This report shows the number of claims finalised between 2008 to date by the SCA in relation to historical child sexual abuse claims as recorded on National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Historical child sexual abuse claims are assumed to be claims with a Date of Incident recorded on NIMS as 2000 or earlier.

With regard to the number of claims settled by the SCA in each year from 2008 to 2018, please see Table 1.

Table 1: Finalised historical child sexual abuse claims

With regard to the value of the damages awarded in each year, please see Table 2.

Table 2: Finalised historical child sexual abuse claims with damages awarded

In a significant number of historic abuse cases, the State has no legal liability to the Plaintiffs and it is not uncommon for such cases to be resolved with no damages payments being made by the State. This accounts for the lack of damages paid in 2013.