Air Corps

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2026

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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Ceisteanna (257)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

257. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence her views on whether a major conflict of interest existed between 2006-2016 with the State Claims Agency being centrally involved in both assessing the health and safety regime in the Air Corps through its Risk Management Liaison Group and being the lead in deciding on behalf of the State to fight claims against in which failings in that same health and safety regime were being questioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16296/26]

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Minister for Defence

The State Claims Agency (SCA) operates independently of the Minister for Defence under specific legislative provisions over which the Minister for Defence has no statutory or administrative oversight.

The SCA is a delegated authority under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000, and the NTMA is a body under the aegis of the Department of Finance.

The SCA has two statutory mandates, (1) the management of personal injury and third-party property damage claims against State authorities and (2) a risk advisory role to such State authorities.

It would not be appropriate for me, as Minister for Defence, to comment on the operation or organisational structure of the SCA as it was established by an Act of the Oireachtas.

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