Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 May 2018
122. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency at present by claim type, category and county in which the claimant is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19902/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn response to the Deputy's question the State Claims Agency (SCA) have supplied the following table regarding active claims, broken down by Incident/Hazard Category recorded on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as of 4 May 2018. The SCA advise that they do not record the county in which a claimant is located in a reportable manner on the NIMS. The table and the report excludes Property Damage Recovery Claims.
Table: Active claims recorded on NIMS as of 4 May 2018
|
Incident/Hazard Category |
Number of Active Claims |
|
Clinical Care |
3,163 |
|
Crash/Collision |
487 |
|
Exposure to Behavioural Hazards |
1,393 |
|
Exposure to Biological Hazards |
257 |
|
Exposure to Chemical Hazards |
275 |
|
Exposure to Physical Hazards |
2,147 |
|
Exposure to Psychological hazards |
2,514 |
|
Property Damage/Loss (non crash/collision) |
202 |
|
Unknown (Awaiting Claim Investigation) |
9 |
|
Grand Total |
10,447 |
For the benefit of the Deputy's understanding the SCA has advised the following definitions in relation to the table.
National Incident Management System (NIMS): Incidents (which include claims) are reported using the “National Incident Management System”. This is hosted by the State Claims Agency (SCA) for the HSE, other Healthcare enterprises and Delegated State Authorities. An incident can be a harmful Incident (Adverse Event), no harm incident, near miss, dangerous occurrence (reportable circumstance) or complaint. An Incident can relate to a person, property, crash/collision, dangerous occurrence or complaint.
Claim: A claim refers to notification of intention to seek compensation for personal injury and/or property damage where it is alleged the State was negligent. The application may be in the form of a letter of claim, an InjuriesBoard.ie application, or a written/oral request.
Incident/hazard category: The adapted World Health Organisation (WHO) taxonomy of incident types. This field breaks down an incident into pre-defined categories, e.g. Clinical Care, Exposure to Physical Hazards, Crashes/Collisions, etc.
Examples of Incident/Hazard Categories:
‘Clinical Care’ would include Birth Specific Procedures, Clinical Procedures.
‘Exposure to Behavioural Hazards’ would include Violence, Harassment and Aggression, Self Injurious Behaviour.
‘Exposure to Biological Hazards’ would include Bacteria, Virus.
‘Exposure to Chemical Hazards’ would include Sanitation/Cleaning Chemicals.
‘Exposure to Physical Hazards’ would include Slips, Trips, Falls,
‘Exposure to Psychological hazards’ would include Wrongful Exposure, Wrongful Death.
‘Property Damage/Loss (non crash/collision)’ would include Personal Belongings, Vehicle.
