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But the hospital did admit liability and apologised, so it doesn't matter whether they started out fighting.

A lot of ordinary people are scared by big legal teams from organisations with no limit as to what they spend. Plenty of people will back down with such opposition.

So good on them for not giving up and the hospital eventually admitting liability.

And I would be fairly certain that the tax payer isn't paying out, the insurance company is.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/state-faces-2-8bn-in-hse-legal-claims-1.3921203

HSE have given millions to these families to buy land and kit out huge houses for the childs life with a big annual (or tri annual stipend) provided. Once the child passes away the house reverts to the state.

Theres a lot of fairly secretive stuff involved in these settlements.

I posted above the 32 million settlement but for many settlements there are confidentuality agreements and there are media blocks on reporting. The HSE and hospitals will often give massive settlements to avoid potential for criminal prosecution.

That's because you won't see them, they aren't allowed to be made public as part of the settlement agreement. HSE don't want precedents to be set, suits all concerned not to make all details public.

The HSE has funded very expensive land purchases and also very expensive mcmansioms to be built in the name of 'providing a suitable environment '. As part of these deals the property cannot be inherited by other family members. I can't go into the details of how I know this here.

They aren't strange, you just don't know about it.

There ARE media blocks on these cases, partially or fully I can't tell you exactly, but even after the settlements they maintain confidentiality in many cases. You wouldn't know unless the people involved told you.

Imagine if you were a senior director,consultant, admin,and the plaintiffs lawyer digs up any evidence that ypu didn't follow procedure,you were perjuring yourself , and it would drag the hospital into disrepute (even if not directly related to the medical malpractice part).Its much easier to reach into HSE funds and throw a bunch of money at a generpus settlement and keep settlement details confidential ,suits everybody and lawyers get paid.

Ask the HSE for details, dont ask me. But you won't get any details.

Some of this has been discussed before here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058218652/hse-settlement-without-admission-of-liability

I told you the full details of the settlements aren't permitted to be made public as part of the settlements. Some have names and for some the names are never revealed. This is not illegal.

You have a hard time understanding this?

You are desperate to pick holes in what I am saying hence you jumped on the one part where I was probably wrong in my assumption (that the lawyers work on percentages).

And yet I have been told many of these details above directly from the horses mouth as they say.

When the kids are made wards of court the property, newly constructed or acquired for the lifelong care of the patient, also somehow becomes under the control of the HSE but the families can pick and choose what they want. The budgets allocated are incredible。theres no means testing of the families and there really is very little oversight as far as I can tell. And thats just the properties, not the annual stipends.

Threads like that are good for finding people to add to the ignore list.

I think beside every poster's name the number of people who have them ignore should be there for all to see. It would encourage people to just ignore tossers instead of replying to them.

Every time a man meets a woman for the first time, within the first 3 seconds, they have assessed and made a determination if they would or would not like to have sex with them.

It may be an uncomfortable reality for some to accept, but it is fact.

Work colleague, friend of a friend, random stranger, .. every single time.

He can't help it, but it happens every single time.

People who hate cats are needy and lonely.