Written answer
Departmental Expenditure
The Minister said the State Claims Agency manages claims under State indemnity schemes, with authorities retaining costs instead of purchasing commercial insurance.
3429. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total amounts paid by her Department to private insurance companies for insurance for each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61358/26]
Comment on this
The State Claims Agency manages personal injury and third-party property damage claims against State authorities, as delegated to it by Government.
State authorities, whose claims are delegated for management, avail of State indemnity, through the General Indemnity Scheme and the Clinical Indemnity Scheme.
State indemnity operates as a pay-as-you-go model, whereby the State authority retains the costs of claims, in lieu of commercial employers’ liability, public liability and third-party property insurance.