Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 November 2003

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

The decision on who will work on this will be made in the next week. This book will indicate the amounts of money awarded to a person following a successful claim for a particular type of injury. The book will record what was paid to an individual for a broken finger and also the slightly higher award made for a more seriously broken finger. The same holds true for a broken arm or leg, brain injury or whatever other injury. All injuries will be listed, as well as the severity in between. A range of awards will be available, therefore, for a broken arm depending on the severity of the damage. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board will use this guide. It is not intended to reduce the amount, but it will reduce the current cost of achieving those sums.

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