John Deasy
Ceist:99. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money the State Claims Agency has paid out in claims brought against State and public authorities in each of the past three years. [35330/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 16 November 2016
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Freagraí scríofa
As the Deputy will be aware, the NTMA is designated as the State Claims Agency (SCA) when performing the claims management and risk management functions designated to it under the National Treasury Management Agency Act 1990, as amended.
In answer to the Deputy's question, I refer to the material provided by the SCA and which is outlined in the following table. The material provided by the State Claims Agency covers the amounts paid during the period 2013 to 2015, and the report is correct as of 11/11/2016.
This information has been extracted from the National Incident Management System, launched by the SCA in June 2014 as a confidential and secure end-to-end risk management tool that allows enterprises to manage incidents throughout the life cycle. The information included reflects payments for both resolving and managing active claims, and it includes the total amount paid per year across all Delegate State Authorities and Healthcare Enterprises (excluding Private Healthcare Schemes and Property Damage recovery claims). It should be noted that the amount paid reflects payments made in a given year, and these payments include legal fees, damages and other expert costs.
Table 1: Total amount paid per year*
|
Transaction Year |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Grand Total |
|
Amount Paid |
€137,402,681 |
€130,552,841 |
€222,763,493** |
€490,719,015 |
* Attention is drawn to the fact that the SCA amended its reporting methodology, at end of Q1 2016, to now recognise transactions on payment date as opposed to transaction date. This adjustment relates to figures for 2014 and 2015 only.
** The notable increase between 2014 and 2015 is due to the following factors:- the SCA's expanded remit with a number of new delegated State Authorities, the maturing of the claims portfolio, catastrophic claims reverting from Periodic Payment Orders (PPO) to lump sum settlements and the outcome of two specific cases during 2015.