Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2023
776. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of women who took cases to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of cases which were settled in the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33893/23]
View answerTwenty-six [26] claims (of which two were combined) have been lodged with the Tribunal since March 2021. Twenty [20] claims were lodged by women and six [6] claims were lodged by or on behalf of the statutory dependants of women. Fifteen [15] claims have settled between the parties. Seven [7] cases were the subject of a Notification issued pursuant to s. 12 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act, 2019 which means that the claimants were notified by the Tribunal that it was not in a position to hear and determine the claim for want of either respondent or third-party consent in circumstances where such consent was either not forthcoming or had been withdrawn. One [1] case was struck out when an ‘Unless Order’ came into effect. Three [3] cases remain pending and are at an advanced stage in the proceedings.
