Assaults on prison staff is an important and significant issue: 3% of operational prison staff (93 people) were directly assaulted by prisoners in 2015Number of assaults on operational prison staff may be increasing but evidence is not conclusiveTotal cost to State of assaults on prison staff estimated at €26m in […]
The State Claims Clinical Risk team will host the first annual ‘Quality, Patient Safety & Clinical Risk Conference’ on September 12th in Dublin Castle. National and international (USA & UK) experts will present on quality improvement. There will be experts from medicine, surgery, obstetrics and medico-legal and a representative from […]
In 2006, the SCA newsletter was launched by the Clinical Indemnity Scheme (CIS) Risk Team. Since then, we’ve come a long way. In 2013, the scope of the newsletter was broadened to include both CIS and GIS (General Indemnity Scheme). This year, as our newsletter celebrates 10 years, we’re excited […]
The State Claims Agency (SCA) General Indemnity Scheme launched a new guidance document for determining insurance requirements for Goods & Services RFTs & Contracts at a Network conference in Dublin Castle yesterday.The use of contracts is increasing in the State sector with public service spending estimated at €8.5bn on good […]
In line with the State’s commitment to Open Government Partnership, including fiscal transparency, the SCA will now publish on its website, on a twice yearly basis, the number and cumulative total of all payments made in the preceding six months to the solicitor firms and barristers it has engaged. Please […]
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