Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have made claims via the Cervical Check Tribunal; the number for whom claims have been settled; the number for whom claims have been rejected; and the number for whom the process is ongoing. [44672/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 (the 2019 Act). Establishment of the Tribunal was finalised with the appointment of the nominated chairperson and members with effect from 1 December 2020. The original closing date for receipt of claims was extended and the final date for making or transferring a claim to the Tribunal was 26 July 2022.

The Tribunal has indicated to my Department that it received twenty-six claims, two of which were consolidated. In terms of persons, that is twenty-five claims in respect of eligible women as set out in the relevant sections of the 2019 Act. Most of these claims were brought by individual claimants, however six claims were 'fatal injuries’ claims brought on behalf of surviving dependents, and some of these have more than one claimant.

In respect of claims settled, the Tribunal has advised that of the claims lodged, to date, eight claims in respect of eligible women have been resolved between the parties.

In circumstances where claims forms were submitted containing insufficient information for the Tribunal to issue the claim, the forms were returned for completion. No eligible claims were rejected by the Tribunal. However, in a small number of cases the Tribunal was not in a position to hear and determine a claim for want of respondent consent which was either not forthcoming or withdrawn.

There are currently fourteen claims in process before the Tribunal.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to rapid access clinics in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44673/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons diagnosed with cancer in the State by cancer-type, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44674/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons screened by BreastCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [44675/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons screened by CervicalCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [44676/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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559. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes which opened in the State in each of the past ten years; and the total number which closed in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [44677/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Information and Quality is responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for older people, such as nursing homes, in Ireland. The Authority has advised the Department that its system of recording changed in 2017. Therefore, the system can only provide consistent information in relation the Deputy’s query from 2018. The data, set out in the table below, reflect the number that are closed as of 30 August 2022.

The Authority has further advised that the numbers recorded in 2020 reflect the repurposing of HSE centres during the beginning of the pandemic.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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560. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation for alleged medical negligence in each of the following hospitals in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, Cavan General Hospital, Mayo University Hospital, Wexford General Hospital, University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park University Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Roscommon University Hospital, Sligo University Hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and Mullingar hospital. [44678/22]

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. I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained in the attached document has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) according to the below criteria.

The SCA does not release transaction data into the public domain at individual hospital level because to do so would effectively provide a league table of hospitals and could cause the public to draw false and unwarranted assumptions in relation to the clinical performance of an individual hospital in the absence of further relevant contextual information.

Criteria used

- Payments relate to Acute Statutory and Voluntary Hospitals.

- Relates to payments made under the Clinical Indemnity Scheme.

- Amount paid in damages for the period 2012-2022 (To end of August).

- This report is correct as of 31/08/2022