Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
473. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court ruling prevented knowledge of the court proceeding being known and knowledge of the participants to the court proceeding from being made known for each of these agreements. [39869/16]
View answerTo the best of my knowledge I am not aware of any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements.
The State Claims Agency, within the National Treasury Management Agency, which is under the aegis of the Department of Finance, manages personal injury, property damage and clinical negligence claims brought against certain State authorities, including Government ministers and health enterprises. The vast majority of claims under the remit of the State Claims Agency are resolved without confidentiality/non disclosure agreements attaching. Confidentiality/non disclosure agreements typically apply to claims in respect of minors or claims associated with abuse or specific medical negligence issues. The agreements, where entered into at the behest of either party, preclude the disclosure of settlement details by either party.
