Billy Timmins
Ceist:117 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army deafness cases lodged against his Department for each of the years from 1992 to 1998. [3656/99]
Written Answers - Hearing Impairment Claims.
The number of hearing loss claims lodged against my Department from 1992 to 1998 is as follows:
|
Year |
Number of Claims |
|
1992 |
47 |
|
1993 |
103 |
|
1994 |
498 |
|
1995 |
149 |
|
1996 |
240 |
|
1997 |
629 |
|
1998 |
2,869 |
Billy Timmins
Ceist:118 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army deafness cases lodged against his Department since his appointment. [3657/99]
Minister for Defence (Mr. Smith)
Records held in my Department show the number of Army hearing loss claims received between 7 October 1997 and 5 February 1999 is 4,537.