€2.9m for victim of blood product contamination

A victim of contaminated blood products last year received an award of €2.9m from the State.

That is according to the 2015 annual report of the hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, which confirms awards totalling €943m have been paid out since it was set up in 1995.

An additional €167m for related legal costs has been paid out over the past two decades, bringing the total bill to the State to €1.1bn.