The State Agency has pledged to treat the Cork woman who is facing a possible €500,000 legal bill after losing a court battle against the State "sensitively".
The High Court found yesterday that the Minister for Education and the State have no liability for indecent assaults inflicted on Louise O'Keeffe (41) by a primary school principal while she was a pupil in the 1970s.
The State Claims Agency will be meeting lawyers for the mother of two from Thoam, Dunmanway, Co Cork, over the next few days to consider the matter of costs.
Ms O'Keeffe said she was devastated by the ruling and warned that everything she owned would not amount to €500,000.
Ciaran Breen, head of claims with the State Claims Agency, said this morning the body would "be looking at that case sensitively and in a measured way.
"In the past it is certainly the case that we have negotiated with persons who are unsuccessful in suing the State in relation to their costs bill. As I said, we look at that in a very measured way."
The proceedings arose after Ms O'Keeffe was assaulted by Leo Hickey some 20 times while she was an eight-year-old pupil and he was principal at Dunderrow national school on dates from 1973.
In June 1998, Hickey pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to 21 charges of indecent assault from a sample 380 counts relating to 21 girls. He was jailed for three years.
Ms O'Keeffe later secured an award of some €54,000 compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the
award was made on condition it would be repaid to the tribunal from any damages Ms O'Keeffe might secure in High Court proceedings.