Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 November 2003

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

Otherwise, I wish the board well. I would encourage people to go to the board because of the stress involved in going to court. When the compensation tribunals were set up for those women who had been given infected anti-D and the haemophiliacs whose blood products had been infected, I encouraged patients to go because I thought it would be much less stressful. However, as the Minister of State will have seen, some wanted their day in court, even though the tribunals were there. We will have to see how this works and what percentage of patients come before the board. Then we will see how many decide to refer cases to the courts.

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