asked the Taoiseach if he will give particulars of fatal and non-fatal cases reported under the Workmen's Compensation Acts for a recent year (during which the Act of 1955 was in operation) in the form of a reply of 14th January, 1959.
Written Answers. - Workmen's Compensation Acts Cases.
25.
The following tables include for the year 1958 the particulars asked for by the Deputy:
TABLE 1.—Number of cases in which Workmen's Compensation was paid by Insurance Companies and certain large uninsured employers in 1958 distinguishing nature of case and whether industrial or agricultural, and showing amount of compensation paid.
|
Nature of Case |
Number of Cases |
Total Compensation Paid |
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|
Agriculture |
Non-Agriculture |
Agriculture |
Non-Agriculture |
|
|
No. |
No. |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Fatal— |
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|
With persons wholly dependent |
4 |
11 |
3,447 |
14,922 |
|
With persons partially dependent |
6 |
6 |
2,346 |
3,000 |
|
With no dependants |
1 |
— |
40 |
— |
|
TOTAL |
11 |
17 |
5,833 |
17,922 |
|
Non-Fatal— |
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|
Continued from previous years |
347 |
1,140 |
109,660 |
288,127 |
|
First payments in 1958 |
1,743 |
5,597 |
73,004 |
198,527 |
|
TOTAL |
2,090 |
6,737 |
182,664 |
486,654 |
|
Total Fatal and Non-Fatal |
2,101 |
6,754 |
188,497 |
504,576 |
TABLE 2.—Non-Fatal Accidents Settled in 1958 by Payment of Lump Sums.
|
Industrial Group |
Without previous weekly payments |
After previous weekly payments had lasted |
Total |
|
|
less than 26 weeks |
26 weeks and over |
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|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
9 |
28 |
51 |
88 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
5 |
10 |
15 |
30 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Wood-working |
— |
7 |
14 |
21 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
10 |
13 |
25 |
48 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity undertakings |
— |
— |
3 |
3 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory |
5 |
8 |
13 |
26 |
|
Total Factories |
29 |
66 |
121 |
216 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
3 |
6 |
11 |
20 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
15 |
18 |
94 |
127 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
22 |
9 |
11 |
42 |
|
Railways and Tramways— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
1 |
3 |
11 |
15 |
|
Shipping— |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
70 |
102 |
248 |
420 |
|
Agriculture |
63 |
50 |
126 |
239 |
|
TOTAL |
133 |
152 |
374 |
659 |
TABLE 3.—Duration of Compensation paid in respect of Non-Fatal Accidents (exclusive of cases terminated by payment of a lump sum).
|
Industrial Group |
Cases terminated in 1958 in which compensation had lasted— |
Total Cases in which compensation |
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|
Less than 2 weeks |
weeks but less than 3 |
weeks but less than 4 |
weeks but less than 13 |
weeks but less than 26 |
26 weeks and over |
terminated in 1958 |
was continued into 1959 |
|
|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
554 |
250 |
131 |
344 |
66 |
35 |
1,380 |
213 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
136 |
66 |
40 |
103 |
22 |
9 |
376 |
48 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Woodworking |
67 |
22 |
27 |
42 |
10 |
5 |
173 |
41 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
273 |
112 |
66 |
136 |
27 |
16 |
630 |
128 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings |
44 |
16 |
3 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
84 |
14 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory |
215 |
76 |
53 |
144 |
25 |
10 |
523 |
102 |
|
TOTAL FACTORIES |
1,289 |
542 |
320 |
783 |
154 |
78 |
3,166 |
546 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
89 |
30 |
22 |
58 |
13 |
8 |
220 |
82 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
362 |
187 |
113 |
299 |
78 |
46 |
1,085 |
397 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
55 |
17 |
18 |
42 |
9 |
4 |
145 |
51 |
|
Railways and Tramways:— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
206 |
68 |
43 |
97 |
24 |
19 |
457 |
163 |
|
Shipping:— |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
1 |
— |
3 |
2 |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
2,001 |
844 |
516 |
1,281 |
279 |
155 |
5,076 |
1,241 |
|
Agriculture |
272 |
215 |
234 |
577 |
119 |
70 |
1,487 |
364 |
|
TOTAL |
2,273 |
1,059 |
750 |
1,858 |
398 |
225 |
6,563 |
1,605 |
TABLE 4.—Duration of Cases Current in 1958 of Non-Fatal Accidents continued into following year.
|
Cases in which Compensation was paid for |
Total Cases |
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|
Less than one year |
One year but less than two |
Two years but less than five |
Five years but less than ten |
Ten years and over |
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|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
128 |
32 |
38 |
13 |
2 |
213 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
33 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
48 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Wood-working |
27 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
41 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
77 |
18 |
16 |
5 |
12 |
128 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings |
8 |
2 |
3 |
— |
1 |
14 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a factory |
61 |
23 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
102 |
|
Total Factories |
334 |
87 |
81 |
23 |
21 |
546 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
48 |
15 |
14 |
5 |
— |
82 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
211 |
74 |
66 |
25 |
21 |
397 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
24 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
51 |
|
Railways and Tramways:— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
53 |
9 |
25 |
25 |
51 |
163 |
|
Shipping:— |
||||||
|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
671 |
198 |
195 |
82 |
95 |
1,241 |
|
Agriculture |
208 |
80 |
61 |
12 |
3 |
364 |
|
TOTAL |
879 |
278 |
256 |
94 |
98 |
1,605 |