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Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar 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]

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer 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
Table 1: Cervical Cancer NSS Claims Received between 01/01/2015 – 16/07/2025.

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