State Claims Agency

350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school sexual abuse related claims which have been lodged with the State Claims Agency, from 2014 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of said claims which were settled out of court over the same time period; in tabular form. [47357/26]

351. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount paid by the State Claims Agency in out-of-court settlements and plaintiff legal costs in relation to school sexual abuse claims, from 2014 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by anonymised case, in tabular form. [47359/26]

352. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount paid through ex-gratia schemes in relation to school sexual abuse from 2014 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [47361/26]

324. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure, by expenditure category, on medical negligence claims including awards and fees and other expenditure types, for each year 2021-2025 and so far in 2026, in tabular form. [38434/26]

468. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims and amount relating to same that the State Claims Agency (SCA) have settled before court proceedings in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if he will provide this information by Department and or body that the SCA has acted on behalf of for same. [20320/26]

1073. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in each year 2005-2025 inclusive; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims in which an award was paid in each year, in tabular form. [11733/26]

1074. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in each year 2005-2025, inclusive, disaggregated for each relevant State authority, hospital, CHO, or similar as appropriate; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims i…

1075. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received by the State Claims Agency under the clinical indemnity scheme in 2024 and 2025, inclusive, disaggregated for each HSE health region; the cost of the scheme in each year by cost type; the number of claims resolved in each year; the number of claims in which an award was paid in each year, in tabular form…

257. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of claims handled by the State Claims Agency, the number of claims settled; the number successfully defended; the number resolved without admission of liability; the median and average settlement amount in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65245/25]

258. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of State Claims Agency settlements, by claim category (details supplied), including for each category the number of claims, the total value of settlements, the median payout; the highest and lowest settlement values, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65246/25]

754. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to explain the drivers of the increase in State Claims Agency billing to her Department from approximately €250,000 in 2021 to over €2 million in 2025 (details supplied); and the risk factors, service failures, or litigation trends that account for this escalation. [65241/25]

755. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives claim-level reports from the State Claims Agency detailing the category, cause, and cost of claims for which it is liable; and if so, whether she will publish anonymised versions of these reports to allow transparency on the risks driving expenditure. [65242/25]

756. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department conducts root-cause analysis on claims that give rise to State Claims Agency costs; to identify if they stem from preventable failures for example, health and safety, service provision, accommodation standards, or administrative errors; and the actions taken as a result. [65244/25]

789. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66342/25]

951. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66361/25]

972. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66360/25]

1030. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the costs incurred annually from 2000 to date to the State in legal fees and associated fees, in respect of all legal proceedings regarding the survivors of sexual abuse at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/25]

2619. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of health service-related claims that have been lodged with the States Claims Agency for each of the past five years. [41107/25]

2632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against, or sought compensation from, the HSE, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41120/25]

206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including awards made in the courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38143/25]

383. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in compensation, or litigation, in Cork, in each of the past five years. [36933/25]

48. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the State Claims Agency for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24695/25]

1009. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of times has the State Claims Agency paid the legal costs and-or compensation incurred by a private company such as a clinic (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and amount that has been paid out by the State Claims Agency for legal costs and-or compensation for a private company in each of the past ten years. [23257/…

2084. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total legal costs to the State arising from cases related to side-effects of the Pandemrix vaccine; the number of cases defended by the State in the courts; and the number settled out of courts. [19188/25]

2090. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation to patients and patient families in UHL between 2015 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/25]