Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Defence the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to an injury received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18208/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question, a former civilian employee of my Department, reported an alleged accident at work on 6 March 1980. The details available to my Department regarding this matter, which consist of a brief note made in the Accident Book maintained at his former work place, were supplied to the Deputy in a letter dated 9 February 2006. The entry in question in the Accident Book is as follows:

"While going down steps with bucket and brush I slipped and hit the back of my head and right shoulder on concrete causing very severe pain".

I should also explain that when a civilian employee is absent from work due to sick leave, as a result of an accident at work or otherwise, he/she may be entitled to the benefits of the Department's sick pay scheme for civilian employees in addition to any payments that he/she may be entitled to under the Social Welfare Acts. There is no other mechanism available in these cases.