1028 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take arising from the case of Patient A who had a breast cancer diagnosis delayed by 18 months, was one of the women in the cancer misdiagnosis scandal to whom former Minister, Mary Harney, apologised, lodged her compensation claim in 2008 and is still waiting for compensation, the State Claims Agency having only lodged its defence in April 2011; if he will examine alternative, more speedy and less costly ways to award compensation in such cases; and if he will examine the adversarial approach of the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24185/11]

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1028 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take arising from the case of Patient A who had a breast cancer diagnosis delayed by 18 months, was one of the women in the cancer misdiagnosis scandal to whom former Minister, Mary Harney, apologised, lodged her compensation claim in 2008 and is still waiting for compensation, the State Claims Agency having only lodged its defence in April 2011; if he will examine alternative, more speedy and less costly ways to award compensation in such cases; and if he will examine the adversarial approach of the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24185/11]

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