Written answers

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Department of Health

State Claims Agency

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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469. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of medical negligence claims in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount the agency has paid out in legal costs and in respect of the pay-outs. [43226/20]

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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554. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department in respect of medical negligence claims in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount paid out in legal costs and in respect of the pay-outs. [43225/20]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 469 and 554 together.

The State Claims Agency has prepared the below table in response to the information requested by the Deputy. The information in the table details the total amount paid from 1 January 2018 to 30 November 2020 across Damages, Legal and Expert costs in respect of non-medical negligence claims.

Transaction Bucket 2018 2019 2020 (to End Nov) Grand Total
Damages € 43,871,551 € 55,668,452 € 37,575,352 € 137,115,355
Legal Cost € 26,783,094 € 31,488,902 € 31,014,182 € 89,286,178
Expert Costs € 7,986,757 € 4,645,859 € 4,075,858 € 16,708,474
Grand Total € 78,641,402 € 91,803,213 € 72,665,393 € 243,110,008

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