The president of the High Court yesterday said it was “really shameful” legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

The President of the High Court today said it was "really shameful" legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

A 10-year-old boy who had sued for damages arising out of the circumstances of his birth at the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, has settled his action and has received an interim payment of €1.58m.

A ten-year-old boy with cerebral palsy from birth is to be paid more than €1.5m under a High Court settlement with the Coombe Hospital in Dublin.