Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the State Claims Agency to provide a breakdown of claims by sector for the period 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) which acts as the State Claims Agency in conducting the state's claims management function has informed me that the information contained in the table below was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This report shows the number of claims received by the State Claims Agency from 2016 to 2021. This report is correct as of 31 March 2022.

In answering this question I have taken "sector" to mean the areas under each Minister's responsibility. Numbers reported under each Minister includes their relevant departments and any agencies under the aegis of the Minister that have been delegated to the SCA.

I refer to the NTMA (Amendment) Act 2000 which, inter alia, established the SCA and to Section 9(3)(f) of that Act which provides for the delegation of the claims management function to the State Claims Agency.

“(f) the delegation or declaration shall not remove or derogate from the responsibility of any Minister of the Government to Dáil Éireann or as a member of the Government for the performance of functions of that Minister of the Government thereby delegated or to which the declaration relates.”

On the basis of the foregoing if the Deputy requires any further information on matters to do with claims arising under a particular Minister's area of responsibility he should direct such questions to the Minister concerned.

Table 1: Claims Received by the SCA 2016-2021