Written answers
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Department of Health
State Claims Agency
Catherine 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]
Catherine 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]
Stephen 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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