Vol. 101 No. 4
I move:—
That a sum not exceeding £2,150 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending the 31st day of March, 1947, for Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war.
On sub-head B— Treatment—the Parliamentary Secretary is aware that earlier this year there was damage caused at Dalkey and some people were injured. Some of them received very minor injuries but were not quite clear as to what steps were necessary in the case of personal injuries. Can the Parliamentary Secretary say what steps a person should take to receive financial recoupment in respect of expenses incurred as a result of necessary medical or surgical treatment?
I am afraid I cannot say just now what steps should be taken by such people, but I understand we go to considerable trouble and expense, naturally, to see that people who are injured in that way are treated and nothing is allowed to stand in the way of our providing the best that medical science can provide to make them all right.
I think the point in the Deputy's question was as to what steps it would be necessary for people to take in order to get a refund of money expended on treatment.
If they make a claim, they will get all the information they require.
Is it the same method as in the case of damage to properly, where they apply to the local authority?
I understand there is a special form for the purpose which can be obtained from the Department of Finance.
