Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 March 2017
223. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 214 and 215 of 15 February 2017, if the table supplied as part of the response to that question relates to the actuarial estimated damages spend under the heading "maternity cases" or relates to the actuarial estimated spend on damages across the entire health service (details supplied). [10992/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table provided in PQ reply No. 207 of 8 February showed, for the Clinical Indemnity Scheme, the annual actuarial estimates/predictions of the likely total cost of the Scheme for the years 2014 - 2016. The actuarial estimates/predictions do not separately break out the estimated/predicted costs of maternity cases as a subset of total costs, but rather, they refer to the overall estimated/predicted cost of the Scheme, to include all clinical negligence cases across the range of clinical specialties. Similarly the table in reply to questions 214 and 215 related to the annual actuarial estimates/predictions of the likely total cost of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme for the years 2009 - 2013. Total costs include damages, experts' and legal costs.
