Cut-off for cancer payouts imposed

The State Claims Agency is set to be grilled today over the growing scale of the cervical cancer crisis amid revelations the Government has imposed a cut-off point for affected women to be compensated.

The public accounts committee (PAC) will question the SCA over 40 separate cases taken against the State on the matter at a meeting this morning almost three months after the scandal emerged.

PAC members, at the launch of its quarterly report yesterday, said they have no faith in the HSE or the Department of Health to willingly provide answers. A number of members intend to raise the issue again today.