Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 Dec 1969

Vol. 243 No. 1

Written Answers. - Occupational Injuries Fund.

110.

Mr. Tully

asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will express the payments and receipts in the Occupational Injuries Fund in the year ended 31st March, 1968, and for the year ended 31st March, 1969, in the form of the Table appended to a reply of 4th May, 1960.

Minister for Social Welfare (Mr. Boland)

The required information is as follows:

RECEIPTS and Payments of the Occupational Injuries Fund (Current Account) for the period ended 31st March, 1968 and for 1968-69 expressed as an average weekly amount in respect of each effectively insured person.

Receipts	1/5/67 to 31/3/68	1968-69(Provisional)	Payments	1/5/67 to 31/3/68	1968-69(Provisional)
	s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.
Balance brought forward	—		.7
Contributions from employers	1	1.6	1	4.1	Injury Benefit		1.9		2.8
Disablement Benefit		.05		.54
					Death Benefit		.02		.06
					Supplements to Workmen's Compensation		.02		.04
					Repayments to the Social Insurance Fund for Disability Benefit:
					(i) Paid in addition to Disablement Benefit		.04		.49
					(ii) Paid to Workmen's Compensation recipients		1.1		1.0
					Medical Care		.01		.03
					Administration Expenses		.76		.86
					Surplus: Transferred to Investment Account		9.0		10.59
					Balance in Current Account		.7		.39
Totals	1	1.6	1	4.8	Totals	1	1.6	1	4.8

Note: The Occupational Injuries Fund was established on 1st May, 1967.