Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
647. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1019 of 17 January 2017 if the State Claims Agency keeps records of confidential settlements in maternity damages cases; and if so, the number of such confidential settlements that were made between 2010 and to date in 2017. [45754/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Claims Agency informed me in its response to PQ 41605/17 (1019) of 17 January 2017, which I gave on that date to the Deputy, that it settles very few claims subject to a confidentiality agreement with the exception of cases settled through mediation. The Agency does not formally record, on its IT system, the fact that any individual settlement is bound by a confidentiality clause. Therefore, on posing this question to the Agency again, it has informed me that this information is not readily available.
