Patients infected with Hep C and HIV get €16.3m compo

More than €16.3m was paid out in compensation last year to claimants who were infected with Hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated blood products more than two decades ago and their relatives.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2014 - 00:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal has now paid out almost €673m in compensation since its establishment in 1995, together with almost €149m in payments from a reparation fund.

Additional compensation of €84.3m has been awarded to date by the High Court on appeal.

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