Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2024
665. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of health service-related claims that have been lodged with the State Claims Agency for each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the amount in compensation that has been paid out by each hospital group/CHO as a result of claims lodged against the health service, in the same period, in tabular form. [29142/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The Agency has provided me with the information set out below.
The following table outlines the number of claims recorded by the the SCA from 1st January 2014 up until the end of June 2024, and reflects the position as at 01/07/2024. This includes claims reported against the HSE Regions and CHO Areas noted below and covers both the General Indemnity Scheme and the Clinical Indemnity Scheme. Please note the HSE Regions presented in this table are reflective of the upcoming Sláintecare changes and were formerly designated under various hospital groups.
The transactional amount of damages paid by the SCA (inclusive of VAT where appropriate), in respect of claims against the below regions and areas, from 1 January 2014 up until the end of June 2024 was €2,352,631,546 and includes payments in relation to claims against these regions and areas during the period, irrespective of the year of creation.
Table 1
|
Regions and Areas |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
|
HSE Dublin and Midlands Region |
206 |
213 |
265 |
294 |
290 |
|
HSE Dublin and Northeast Region |
222 |
288 |
255 |
285 |
337 |
|
HSE Dublin and Southeast Region |
160 |
216 |
204 |
212 |
234 |
|
HSE Mid-West Region |
65 |
103 |
113 |
98 |
96 |
|
HSE Southwest Region |
105 |
117 |
116 |
157 |
143 |
|
HSE West and Northwest Region |
149 |
159 |
184 |
187 |
235 |
|
CHO Area 1 - Donegal/Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan/Cavan/Monaghan |
35 |
25 |
33 |
29 |
50 |
|
CHO Area 2 - Galway/Roscommon/Mayo |
17 |
21 |
27 |
30 |
35 |
|
CHO Area 3 - Clare/Limerick/North Tipperary |
32 |
39 |
28 |
38 |
28 |
|
CHO Area 4 - Cork/Kerry |
39 |
35 |
24 |
32 |
39 |
|
CHO Area 5 - South Tipperary/Carlow/Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford |
40 |
33 |
31 |
25 |
30 |
|
CHO Area 6 - Wicklow/Dun Laoghaire/Dublin Southeast |
8 |
7 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
|
CHO Area 7 - Kildare/West Wicklow/Dublin West/South City/Southwest |
28 |
28 |
30 |
45 |
39 |
|
CHO Area 8 - Laois/Offaly/Longford/Westmeath/Louth/Meath |
38 |
26 |
29 |
41 |
44 |
|
CHO Area 9 - Dublin North/Dublin North City/Dublin Northwest |
23 |
28 |
24 |
32 |
39 |
|
Grand Total |
1,167 |
1,338 |
1,377 |
1,520 |
1,652 |
|
Regions and Areas |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 (To end of June) |
|
HSE Dublin and Midlands Region |
341 |
281 |
263 |
205 |
227 |
135 |
|
HSE Dublin and Northeast Region |
314 |
291 |
267 |
241 |
276 |
149 |
|
HSE Dublin and Southeast Region |
282 |
286 |
225 |
179 |
217 |
120 |
|
HSE Mid-West Region |
131 |
113 |
88 |
101 |
109 |
49 |
|
HSE Southwest Region |
170 |
152 |
142 |
135 |
150 |
73 |
|
HSE West and Northwest Region |
226 |
228 |
177 |
159 |
185 |
89 |
|
CHO Area 1 - Donegal/Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan/Cavan/Monaghan |
52 |
36 |
19 |
33 |
40 |
18 |
|
CHO Area 2 - Galway/Roscommon/Mayo |
37 |
34 |
38 |
28 |
25 |
7 |
|
CHO Area 3 - Clare/Limerick/North Tipperary |
15 |
16 |
16 |
25 |
14 |
8 |
|
CHO Area 4 - Cork/Kerry |
48 |
25 |
29 |
193 |
134 |
48 |
|
CHO Area 5 - South Tipperary/Carlow/Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford |
45 |
27 |
35 |
31 |
33 |
16 |
|
CHO Area 6 - Wicklow/Dun Laoghaire/Dublin Southeast |
11 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
14 |
4 |
|
CHO Area 7 - Kildare/West Wicklow/Dublin West/South City/Southwest |
52 |
38 |
31 |
37 |
41 |
28 |
|
CHO Area 8 - Laois/Offaly/Longford/Westmeath/Louth/Meath |
30 |
37 |
29 |
38 |
33 |
31 |
|
CHO Area 9 - Dublin North/Dublin North City/Dublin Northwest |
52 |
29 |
35 |
44 |
48 |
14 |
|
Grand Total |
1,806 |
1,613 |
1,412 |
1,460 |
1,546 |
789 |
