Peadar Tóibín
Question:975. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and the amount which has been paid out under the tribunal. [71795/25]
View answerTuesday, 16 December 2025
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The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019.
The number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal
Twenty-six [26] claims (of which two were combined) were lodged with the Tribunal.
Twenty [20] claims were lodged by women and six [6] claims were lodged by or on behalf of the statutory dependants of women.
The number of claims resolved by the Tribunal
All twenty-six [26] claims made to the Tribunal were processed.
Eighteen [18] claims were resolved on the basis of a settlement reached between the parties.
Seven [7] cases were resolved on the basis of a Notification issued pursuant to s.12 of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act, 2019. This means that the claimants were notified by the Tribunal that it was not in a position to hear and determine the claim for want of either respondent or third-party consent in circumstances where such consent was either not forthcoming or had been withdrawn.
One [1] case was struck out when an ‘Unless Order’ came into effect.
Payments
The Tribunal did not make any payments. Some of the 25 cases were settled between the parties, some were withdrawn and went to the High Court, and some were abandoned completely. None went to a full hearing and, therefore, no awards were made by the Tribunal.
In a letter dated 31 July 2023, the Tribunal Chairperson informed the Minister for Health that all claims had been processed, and that as such the Tribunal’s core statutory functions had been completed.
Having completed its required administrative work and discharging any remaining obligations conferred upon the Chairperson, Judge Power submitted her resignation as Chairperson of the Tribunal on 18 April 2024.