Catherine Murphy
Question:770. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in damages by the SCA in CervicalCheck programme personal injury actions in 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023. [35165/23]
View answerThursday, 13 July 2023
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive.
I have been informed by the SCA that the Agency had received notification of 385 claims against National Screening Services (CervicalCheck) at 16 June 2023 (including 79 psychological injury claims from members of the families of the women concerned). In relation to the 385 claims received 183 are active and not yet concluded, 202 have concluded. Claims can be concluded by a number of means; including case settled, court award, indemnity received (from co-defendant or third party), claim discontinued or statute barred, and claim intimated but not pursued.
As of end-June 2023 damages amounting to €0.71m had been paid by the SCA in respect of CervicalCheck claims.
It should be noted that most of the claims have been settled by the laboratories involved in the individual claims and, accordingly, the Agency would not, in most instances, have details of settlement payments made by those laboratories.