Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In many cases liability is admitted. The injuries board is a separate organisation. The chairperson of the injuries board made a remark that if an organisation like the injuries board took over these cases it would save the State a good deal of money rather than the agency doing that work. She stated that one of the reasons for this was that the board deals with cases in 7.2 months whereas some of the agency's cases go on for years.

I will not ask Mr. Breen to comment on whether they should have a role because that is probably a policy issue. Has Mr. Breen examined how the injuries board deals with cases in a more timely manner and is there anything he could learn from them? I am a great believer that if one State organisation is doing something very well other State organisations should learn from that. Has Mr. Breen had a discussion with them about the comparatives?