Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. Let us move on to personal injury claims. The figure is 53%. Then 14% of claims are settled through PIAB and 33% of claims are litigated. I do not have the figure before me but we know close to 50% of PIAB awards are not accepted either by the insurance company or the claimant. This corresponds to approximately 6,000 cases per year. It should correspond to 14%. What makes up the other 17% that are litigated?

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