Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has met with the Judiciary regarding the compilation of the next book of quantum with regard to recommendation No. 18 of the report on the cost of motor insurance; if the board will report on the outcomes of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22351/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is an independent statutory agency and I, as Minister, am not permitted in my executive function to interfere in any way with the day to day operations and functions of PIAB.

Section 54 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 sets out the principal functions of the Board. Section 54(1)(b) states: ‘to prepare and publish a document (which shall be known as the ‘‘Book of Quantum’’) containing general guidelines as to the amounts that may be awarded or assessed in respect of specified types of injury’.

PIAB are leading on the implementation of recommendation 18 of the Cost of Insurance Working Group Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance and in this regard, I understand there have been two meetings held with the judiciary in relation to the Book of Quantum since the Cost of Insurance Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance was published in 2017 and the dialogue is continuing.