Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The proposals follow recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission and closely follow the scheme in the UK and Northern Ireland. I am not aware of the situation described by the Senator but we will keep the matter under review and examination. As Senator Moloney said yesterday, it is hard to credit that the Department of Social Protection in Ireland has forever failed to reclaim moneys from compensators in respect of benefits paid by the Department. The injured party should suffer no loss but the money should be recovered from the compensator. We will keep the points raised under review.