Niall Collins
Question:253. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of data (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [14921/18]
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The following Table details the number of applications received by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) each year from 2010 to end February 2018 and the number of assessments accepted for that period. The remainder of cases are, either released by the issuing of an authorisation under section 14 (where the respondent does not consent to an assessment or liability may be an issue), or under section 17 (where the Board has discretion not to make an assessment in certain situations specified in the legislation) or under section 32 (where the claimant or respondent does not accept the assessment) or are cases that are not completed usually because they are settled during the PIAB process or withdrawn. There is no data available on cases settled directly between the parties outside of the Court and PIAB process. An authorisation by PIAB is necessary before a claimant can initiate proceedings in Court.
PIAB cases are dealt with speedily and at a low cost, the current delivery cost is approximately 6.5% of the value of the compensation and this is mainly comprised of the fees paid by the claimant and respondent and the costs of the medical reports required to assess the case. Comparable figures for litigation are not available. However, the Cost of Insurance Working Group Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance published by the then Minister for Finance in January 2017 estimated that the delivery costs for cases settled outside the PIAB model from data provided by a representative sample of Insurance Ireland members was 44.2% in 2015.
Table of Applications to PIAB, Accepted Awards and Delivery Costs on Accepted Awards
|
Year |
Personal Injuries Applications to PIAB |
Number of Accepted Awards |
Delivery Costs on Accepted Awards % |
|
2010 |
26,964 |
5,038 |
8.8 |
|
2011 |
27,669 |
5,875 |
8.8 |
|
2012 |
29,603 |
6,124 |
9.0 |
|
2013 |
31,311 |
6,476 |
7.5 |
|
2014 |
31,576 |
7,519 |
6.7 |
|
2015 |
33,561 |
6,716 |
6.5 |
|
2016 |
34,056 |
7,073 |
6.4 |
|
2017 |
33,114 |
6,788 |
6.2 |
|
2018 (to end February) |
5,467 |
2,027 |
Available at year end |
Source: PIAB Annual Reports.