Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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754. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide data (details supplied) in relation to each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [36847/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The total number of claims received by the Personal Injury Assessment Board (PIAB) and awards made, where consent to assessment has been given, are set out in Table 1.

The number of awards made, where consent to assessment has been given, by category is set out in Table 2.

Table 1: PIAB Claims received and Awards made 2011 to 2018

** figures subject to some revision due to retrospective keying

Table 2: PIAB Awards by Category

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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755. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the 2018 PIAB annual report; if she is considering taking actions arising from the report; and if so, the details of same. [36848/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Section 83 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 provides that the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) shall submit an annual report of its activities to the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, and that the Minister shall ensure that this report is laid before each House of the Oireachtas. PIAB’s Annual Report for 2018 was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 15 July 2019 and outlines the activities of PIAB during the course of the year.

The PIAB Annual Report 2018 shows that PIAB continues to deliver on its mission of processing personal injury claims for public place, workplace and motor accidents in a fair, efficient and transparent manner.

In 2018, a total of 33,371 claims were received by PIAB.  The Board made 12,112 awards to the value of €298.55 million, of which 6,206 awards to the value of €153.6 million were accepted.

During 2018, PIAB actively participated in two Government led initiatives, namely the Cost of Insurance Working Group chaired by Minister of State D’Arcy and the Personal Injuries Commission chaired by Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns.