Written answer
State Claims Agency
The Minister provided ten-year State Claims Agency payments for cancer misdiagnosis claims, including damages, legal costs, other costs and VAT.
359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount the State has paid out over each of the last ten years for misdiagnosis of cancer patients. [66138/26]
Comment on this
The State Claims Agency has a statutory remit to manage personal injury and third-party property damage claims on behalf of State authorities.
The following table outlines the transactional amounts paid by the State Claims Agency in respect of claims arising from any delayed, incorrect, missed diagnoses, or misdiagnosis of cancer during the period from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2026. The amounts include damages, agency legal and other costs, and plaintiff legal costs, and are inclusive of VAT.