Cost of special needs litigation cases not available, PAC hears

Secretary-general of the Department of Health Robert Watt has written to the Public Accounts Committee to assert that his Department “did not gather sensitive medical and educational information” on the children involved in those court cases

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021 - 08:00

Cianan Brennan & Daniel McConnell

The Department of Health has said that information on the costs incurred as part of 29 litigation cases involving pupils with special needs “is not available”.

Secretary-general of the Department of Health Robert Watt has written to the Public Accounts Committee to assert that his Department “did not gather sensitive medical and educational information” on the children involved in those court cases “in the manner portrayed” in an RTÉ Investigates programme broadcast on March 25.