Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 3 Jun 1992

Vol. 420 No. 6

Written Answers. - Garda Compensation Figures.

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

72 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Justice if, in respect of each year since 1986, he will outline (a) the annual cost of the scheme of compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted on members of the Garda Síochána, (b) a breakdown of these amounts between, on the one hand, compensation for costs incurred by claimants including loss of earnings and medical costs, and on the other hand compensation for pain and suffering and (c) the number of claims made each year since 1986 under this scheme.

Minister for Justice (Mr. Flynn)

The information sought by the Deputy is as follows:

Year	Number of applications received.	Total amount of compensation paid.
		£
1986	211	1,541,000
1987	241	1,249,000
1988	302	2,028,000
1989	335	2,037,000
1990	262	1,945,000
1991	301	3,707,000

Figures are not supplied to this Department by the Chief State Solicitor's Office in a format which would enable the overall annual figures to be broken down by reference to loss of earnings, medical costs and pain and suffering.