asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether incapacity for work resulting from personal injury sustained in a traffic accident on a worker's direct journey home from his place of employment is eligible for occupational injuries benefit.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Occupational Injuries Benefit.
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The answer is in the affirmative, provided the worker was a passenger in a vehicle, operated by or on behalf of his employer, which was not being operated in the ordinary course of a public transport service.
May I take it that a person riding a bicycle would not be covered, although under the much abused workmen's compensation system, such a person proceeding from his place of employment homeward would have been covered?
Only in a case where the transport is supplied by or on behalf of his employers. Maybe the employer bought the bicycle. I would not like to give a decision in a specific case.
Do I understand the Minister to say that the person would be covered if he was travelling in a public service vehicle?
He is covered only if the transport is provided by or on behalf of the employers.