Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Health
Cancer Services
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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2624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the State regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41112/25]
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 set out below.
The information contained within this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 17/07/2025.
The State Claims Agency (SCA) has received 408 CervicalCheck claims between 01/01/2015 and 16/07/2025 including 84 psychological claims brought by family members.
Year Claim Created | Number of Claims |
---|---|
2015 | 0 |
2016 | 2 |
2017 | 1 |
2018 | 86 |
2019 | 52 |
2020 | 95 |
2021 | 103 |
2022 | 39 |
2023 | 14 |
2024 | 9 |
2025 | 7 |
Grand Total | 408 |
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