Seanad debates
Thursday, 20 November 2003
Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I do not know how anybody can come to the conclusion that awards will be less than court awards. I represent the voice of workers on the Personal Injuries Assessment Board and I am not interested in trying to ensure people will be awarded less than they would receive by going to court. That is not what this is about. To ensure this does not happen, the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has done a study of every award made in recent years in the courts, inasmuch as we could access that information. We also looked at what has happened in similar judgments in the UK. We intend to produce a book of quantum.
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