Dara Calleary
Question:166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the number of solicitors and barristers directly employed by the State Claims Agency; and his views on the legal staffing of the agency. [6632/14]
View answerTuesday, 11 February 2014
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The State Claims Agency directly employs 20 solicitors and 2 barristers. 12 solicitors are employed as clinical claims managers, being specialists in the management clinical negligence claims, whilst 6 solicitors are employed as in-house litigation managers. One solicitor is also a legal costs accountant in the Agency's Legal Costs Unit. A barrister and a solicitor are employed as non-clinical negligence claims managers.
The Agency is adequately staffed to meet its claims and litigation management functions and it is also assisted in its litigation management by its external panels of solicitors, located countrywide. The Agency constantly keeps its legal staffing under review, having regard to the size and demands of its claims' portfolios.
Question No. 167 answered with Question No. 148.