Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion

Mr. John Newham:

To confirm, the intention is for PIAB staff to be the mediators. This is about allowing for those exceptional circumstances, maybe at the start, in respect of managing the workload and as part of the upskilling. PIAB has informed us that that is its intention. It is also important to the parties involved in the mediation process to have trust in the mediator. If he or she is a PIAB official as opposed to someone in-sourced, that can have an impact. To confirm, that is the intention.