Written answers
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Department of Defence
Personal Injury Claims
9:00 pm
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims for compensation received from members of the Defence Forces arising from road accidents involving Defence Forces vehicles in each of the past five years; the number of cases settled in respect of each such year; the total amount awarded in compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35888/08]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims for compensation received from members of the Defence Forces arising from injuries that they received in accidents, other than road accidents; the number of cases settled in respect of each such year; the total amount awarded in compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35889/08]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 75 together.
Since 2001 the State Claims Agency handle all personal injury claims arising from accidents in this jurisdiction involving Defence Forces vehicles. The Agency has provided the information requested in relation to this category of claim. The Department and the Chief State Solicitor's Office deal with such claims where they arise from accidents involving Defence Force vehicle overseas. The consolidated information in respect of both of the above is in the form of a Tabular Statement, which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
With regard to non road-traffic accidents and claims, the State Claims Agency deals with such claims in accordance with its enabling legislation and delegation orders. These define the categories of claims that are delegated to the State Claims Agency. The Department and the Chief State Solicitor's Office handle non-delegated claims such as those arising from incidents overseas and claims in relation to allegations of bullying and harassment. The consolidated information on this category of claims is also provided in the form of a Tabular Statement, which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
For the purpose of this reply hearing loss claims have not been included in the tables.
| Table 1: Number of Claims received per annum from members of the Defence Forces arising from road accidents involving Defence Forces vehicles and from non road traffic accidents in the period 01 January 2003 to 2008 (to date) | ||
| Year | Number of Defence Force Claims received (Road Traffic Accidents) | Number of Defence Force Claims received (Non Road-Traffic Accident) |
| 2003 | 14 | 68 |
| 2004 | 17 | 54 |
| 2005 | 13 | 30 |
| 2006 | 7 | 48 |
| 2007 | 5 | 52 |
| 2008 (to date) | 20 | 30 |
| Total | 76* | 282* |
| *Figure for some civilian employees included. |
| Table 2: Number of claims resolved each year and the amount of compensation paid in respect of claims in | ||||
| Year | Number of Resolved Defence Forces Road Traffic Collision Claims | Compensation paid out (Rounded to the nearest €1,000) | Number of Resolved Defence Forces Non Road Traffic Collision Claims | Compensation paid out (Rounded to the nearest €1,000) |
| € | € | |||
| 2003 | 10 | 227,000 | 77 | 5,463,000 |
| 2004 | 13 | 585,000 | 61 | 2,123,000 |
| 2005 | 12 | 456,000 | 56 | 2,157,000 |
| 2006 | 10 | 356,000 | 36 | 1,489,000 |
| 2007 | 7 | 267,000 | 18 | 672,000 |
| 2008 (to date) | 6 | 186,000 | 27 | 1,176,000 |
| Total | 58* | 2,077,000* | 275* | 13,080,000* |
| *Figure for some civilian employees included. |
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