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Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Department of Health

Departmental Legal Cases

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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316. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs, in tabular form [30318/24]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen 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 State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The SCA has provided me with the information contained within this document and has informed me that the information was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as per the below criteria.

The following table contains the transactional amounts paid (including VAT where applicable) under the clinical indemnity scheme, that are associated with claims and a small number of incidents and inquests. This includes claims recorded by the SCA across hospitals, nursing homes, HSE locations including community healthcare locations, and COVID-19 response locations. It excludes claims recorded against other designated schemes. It includes payments between 01/01/2010 and 30/06/2024 and is correct as of 01/07/2024.

Transaction Reporting Year Amount paid
2010 €74,000,864
2011 €87,856,071
2012 €78,305,472
2013 €116,281,707
2014 €101,718,721
2015 €190,265,065
2016 €189,094,645
2017 €242,024,417
2018 €262,308,969
2019 €313,455,916
2020 €319,774,952
2021 €353,798,356
2022 €359,608,434
2023 €352,360,476
2024 (to June Month-end) €140,548,862
Grand Total €3,181,402,927

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