Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí awarded compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their work during each of the last seven years; the length of time each garda was absent from the workplace as a result of the injury sustained in the course of his or her work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3549/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Garda Compensation Acts 1941 and 1945 provide for compensation for malicious injury or death inflicted upon members of An Garda Síochána while they are on duty or related to their service as such members. Annual data relating to such awards is posted on the Department's website. The number of such awards in each of the last seven years is set out in the following table.

Please note that a Garda member may have received more than one award during this period. Statistics are not maintained as to the length of absence from work as a result of such claims. This data is only recoverable from individual Garda members' files and the collation of this information would involve an inordinate use of time and resources. I am advised, however, that some members have not had to resort to any absence a result of the injuries inflicted upon them, while others have been obliged to retire.