asked the Taoiseach if he will state the latest particulars of fatal and non-fatal cases reported under the Workmen's Compensation Acts for a recent year in the form of a reply of 4th May, 1961.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fatal and Non-Fatal Accidents.
1.
With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the required information in respect of the year 1963, the last for which the data are at present available.
Following is the statement:—
TABLE 1.—Number of cases of fatal and non-fatal accidents in which Workmen's Compensation was paid by Insurance Companies and certain large uninsured employers in 1963 distinguishing nature of case and whether industrial or agricultural, and showing amount of compensation paid.
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Nature of Case |
Number of cases |
Total Compensation Paid |
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Agriculture |
Non-Agricultural |
Agriculture |
Non-Agricultural |
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|
No. |
No. |
£ |
£ |
|
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Fatal: |
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With persons wholly dependent |
3 |
9 |
5,456 |
10,578 |
|
With persons partially dependent |
2 |
6 |
1,050 |
3,583 |
|
With no dependants |
— |
3 |
— |
104 |
|
TOTAL |
5 |
18 |
6,506 |
14,265 |
|
Non-Fatal: |
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Continued from previous years |
308 |
953 |
100,534 |
292,395 |
|
First payments in 1963 |
1,349 |
6,258 |
61,530 |
170,666 |
|
TOTAL |
1,657 |
7,211 |
162,064 |
463,061 |
|
Total Fatal and Non-Fatal |
1,662 |
7,229 |
168,570 |
477,326 |
TABLE 2.—Non-fatal Accidents Settled in 1963 by Payment of Lump Sums.
|
Industrial Group |
Without previous weekly payments |
After previous weekly payments had lasted |
Total |
|
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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 |
24 |
30 |
63 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
6 |
8 |
6 |
20 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Wood-working |
4 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering. |
2 |
19 |
22 |
43 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity undertakings. |
1 |
— |
2 |
3 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory. |
6 |
7 |
17 |
30 |
|
Total Factories |
28 |
66 |
82 |
176 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
— |
3 |
10 |
13 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
33 |
38 |
38 |
109 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays. |
7 |
10 |
11 |
28 |
|
Railways and Tramways: |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
2 |
1 |
14 |
17 |
|
Shipping: |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups. |
70 |
118 |
155 |
343 |
|
Agriculture |
45 |
30 |
81 |
156 |
|
TOTAL |
115 |
148 |
236 |
499 |
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 1963 in which compensation had lasted |
Total Cases in which compensation |
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|
Less than 2 weeks |
2 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
26 weeks and over |
terminated in 1963 |
was continued into 1964 |
|
|
weeks but less than |
weeks but less than |
weeks but less than |
weeks but less than |
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|
3 |
4 |
13 |
26 |
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Number |
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Factories: |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
638 |
245 |
143 |
349 |
59 |
26 |
1,460 |
197 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
143 |
84 |
48 |
104 |
12 |
6 |
397 |
58 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Woodworking. |
84 |
33 |
30 |
60 |
6 |
4 |
217 |
41 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering. |
311 |
135 |
83 |
233 |
25 |
10 |
797 |
119 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings. |
38 |
23 |
12 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
99 |
14 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory. |
296 |
96 |
71 |
169 |
28 |
10 |
670 |
103 |
|
TOTAL Factories |
1,510 |
616 |
387 |
932 |
135 |
60 |
3,640 |
532 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
93 |
37 |
18 |
54 |
4 |
6 |
212 |
38 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
480 |
196 |
125 |
326 |
65 |
40 |
1,232 |
336 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays. |
46 |
32 |
15 |
55 |
7 |
4 |
159 |
44 |
|
Railways and Tramways: |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
262 |
90 |
42 |
121 |
25 |
10 |
550 |
120 |
|
Shipping: |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups. |
2,392 |
972 |
587 |
1,488 |
237 |
121 |
5,797 |
1,071 |
|
Agriculture |
199 |
182 |
188 |
464 |
97 |
47 |
1,177 |
324 |
|
TOTAL |
2,591 |
1,154 |
775 |
1,952 |
334 |
168 |
6,974 |
1,395 |
TABLE 4.—Duration of Cases Current in 1963 of Non-Fatal Accidents continued into following year.
|
Industrial Group |
Cases in which Compensation was paid for |
Total Cases |
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|
Less than one year |
One year but less than 2 |
2 years but less than 5 |
5 years but less than 10 |
10 years and over |
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|
Number |
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Factories: |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
127 |
33 |
26 |
5 |
6 |
197 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
40 |
10 |
7 |
— |
1 |
58 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Woodworking |
27 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
41 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
75 |
19 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
119 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings |
10 |
— |
1 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory |
71 |
16 |
14 |
2 |
— |
103 |
|
TOTAL FACTORIES |
350 |
86 |
62 |
15 |
19 |
532 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
24 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
192 |
61 |
43 |
16 |
24 |
336 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
24 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
44 |
|
Railways and Tramways: |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
34 |
11 |
11 |
18 |
46 |
120 |
|
Industrial Group |
Cases in which Compensation was paid for |
Total Cases |
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|
Less than one year |
One year but less than2 |
2years but less than5 |
5years but less than10 |
10 years and over |
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|
Number |
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|
Shipping: |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
625 |
172 |
130 |
52 |
92 |
1,071 |
|
Agriculture |
170 |
74 |
62 |
11 |
7 |
324 |
|
TOTAL |
795 |
246 |
192 |
63 |
99 |
1,395 |