Billy Kelleher
Question:101. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest whiplash data published by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [47652/18]
View answerThursday, 15 November 2018
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I welcome the publication by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) of data on whiplash-related injury compensation awards resulting from road traffic accidents.
The publication of the data delivers on a recommendation from the First Report of the Personal Injuries Commission published in December 2017 and involved analysis of approximately 4,500 awards made in the first six months of 2018. The Report recommends that PIAB produce information going forward relating to the incidence of ‘whiplash’ soft tissue injuries. The suggested time frame for the implementation of this recommendation was end 2018.
The statistics show that in the first six months of 2018, 70.9% of all personal injury motor cases assessed by PIAB were whiplash related. The figure for drivers with whiplash-related injuries was 79% of all motor cases, and for passengers the figure was 69% of motor cases.
PIAB is an independent statutory body which assesses personal injury claims in Ireland. It assesses personal injuries compensation in a timely and cost-efficient manner.