Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2007
880 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount An Garda Síochána has paid out in claims for injured officers between 2000 and 2007 broken down by year and by Garda division. [33798/07]
View answerAwards to members of the Garda Síochána fall into two categories. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 and 1945 deal with injuries (including death) maliciously inflicted. Awards (including costs) made under those Acts between the years 2000 and 2006 amount to €54.1 million. A breakdown by year is available on my Department's website atwww.justice.ie/en/jelr/pages/compensationstatistics. For the first eleven months of 2007 awards (including costs) made under those Acts amounted to €11.4 million.
Payments made to members who initiated court proceedings regarding non malicious injuries occurring while on duty are set out in the table.
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2000 |
£534,000 |
|
2001 |
€715,342 |
|
2002 |
€191,374 |
|
2003 |
€306,034 |
|
2004 |
€334,321 |
|
2005 |
€196,902 |
|
2006 |
€297,110 |
|
2007 (to end November) |
€290,000 |
|
Total |
€2,865,083 |
Computerised records are not maintained in a manner that facilitates a breakdown by Garda Division and such information could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources.
881 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the highest compensation payment for injuries received to a member of An Garda Síochána since 2000 to date in 2007; and the extent and nature of the injury. [33799/07]
View answerThe highest compensation award issued under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 and 1945 concerned a member who sustained fatal burns following an arson attack on the station where he was on duty. The payment awarded to the member's family by the High Court came to £859,900 (€1,091,848).
882 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the highest compensation payment for injuries received to a prison officer since 2000 to date in 2007; and the extent and nature of the injury. [33800/07]
View answerI am informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that during this period the highest compensation payment to a prison officer was €530,000.00. The person in question suffered from post traumatic stress to such a degree that it resulted in early retirement. The amount reflects the loss of potential earnings due to that early retirement.
