Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of cases these related to. [5541/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities. The SCA has provided me with the information below.

Question 1: Total number of active clinical claims.

The number of active clinical claims being handled by the State Claims Agency, as at end January 2025, is 3,986*. Please note that the value of current active clinical claims is not provided. This detail is published annually by the State Claims Agency and, at year-end 2023, the estimated outstanding liability was €4.14bn.

Question 2: Amount of damages paid in clinical care claims for the period 2023-2025 (as of end January 2025) and the number of claims these payments relate to.

The below table shows all damages paid by the State Claims Agency between 01/01/2023 and 31/01/2025 in respect of clinical care*.

Transaction Reporting Year

** A claim may have payments for damages in more than one year. The total number of claims reflects the unique number of claims for which damages were paid in the period 2023-2025 YTD.