asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he is aware that the Commission on Workmen's Compensation which was appointed in 1955 has not yet submitted any report, while other Commissions, including one appointed late in 1957, have submitted a number of reports; if he will indicate when an interim report dealing with some of the pressing problems of the employers' liability code, common to any system of workmen's compensation, such as scope, insurance, medical attention and certification, waiting periods, burden of proof, injuries in emergencies, prescription of industrial diseases, etc., may be anticipated; and if he will consider asking the Commission to submit an interim report along the lines indicated.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Workmen's Compensation: Report of Commission.
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I am, of course, aware that I have not yet received a report from the Commission on Workmen's Compensation. I am informed that the Commission has already considered the question of making an interim report but decided that no useful purpose would be served thereby.
I am satisfied that there has been no avoidable delay by the Commission in its consideration of the difficult matters referred to it.