Written answer
Medical Indemnity Cover
The Minister provided NIMS data on Clinical Indemnity Scheme claims and associated payments, including private facilities delivering public healthcare under Covid-19 Safety Net arrangements.
601. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under the clinical indemnity scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by HSE region and claim category, including specialty or clinical area where available, in tabular form; the number and value of settlements, awards and other compensation payments made in each region and year; the associated expenditure on legal costs, expert and professional fees and other ancillary costs; and the total expenditure on clinical claims and associated costs in each region and year. [66748/26]
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 information contained within this document was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The information contained in the document attached to this response relates to claims under the Clinical Indemnity Scheme (CIS) and the associated payments. It includes any claims attributed to private healthcare facilities that were providing public healthcare capacity to the HSE under Safety Net arrangements agreed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which are included within the CIS.
20260922 PQ 66748.