Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Mulligan for those answers, which have been very helpful.

I thank the delegation from the Injuries Board for its presentation. A number of Deputies and Senators have gone through the figures but if we look at the end figure of 33,000 that has come to the board, we can see that only 7,200 claims have been assessed by the board and agreed by participants so we have a huge gap in terms of numbers of claims that would have come to the board while at the same time not knowing how many of them were directly settled before they even came to the board. In respect of the other 26,000 claims, it could be the case that the individual was not satisfied with the settlement that was being offered by the Injuries Board but in most cases, it would be the insurance companies that have not consented. I know the board says it does not have numbers relating to the levels of claims but can the witnesses give us any indication? Has the board monitored what has been happening in the courts? How many of the 26,000 claims that came to the board that it did not process or accept ended up in the courts?