Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken cases against the State and HSE and who have issued letters of claim regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [44671/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive.

The information contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 08/09/2022.

Criteria used • Cervical Check claims received on NIMS 01/01/2012 – 08/09/2022

Table 1: Claims received between 01/01/2012 & 30/06/2022

76 of the 369 cervical claims received are associated psychological claims brought by family members.

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.ieapplication, or a written/oral request.

Claim Received Year:Official date that the claim was received on NIMS.