Seanad debates

Monday, 24 November 2003

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

1:45 pm

Derek McDowell (Labour)

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 14, subsection (1), lines 41 and 42, to delete "in case the relevant claim arises out of a trespass to the person,".

My purpose in proposing this amendment was to find out what this subsection intended to capture. It seems, perhaps, that it intends to capture cases of physical or sexual abuse or something of that kind, but that is not explicit in the Bill. I am interested to hear what the Tánaiste had in mind with subsection (iii) (III), particularly cases which "would not respect the dignity of the claimant".

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