Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 February 2021
773. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests from the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/21]
View answerThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive.The State Claims Agency has provided me with the following information, in respect of the Deputy's question. I have been informed that the information below has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 12/02/2020.
To date, 197 claims have been received from women regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests and a further 45 claims have been received from family members/dependents. Of the 242 claims, proceedings have been issued in respect of 186 of these claims. To date, 28 claims have been concluded.
