Ministers McEntee and Troy introduce new Scheme for Garda Compensation Claims
Bill provides for a new compensation scheme to repeal and replace the current expensive and slow approach
under the new scheme, a Garda who claims he or she has been maliciously injured will make a claim to the Garda Commissioner
application will be referred to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) for an assessment of compensation
awards will be guided by the Personal Injury Guidelines which take effect this weekend
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, and the Minister of State with responsibility for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD, have today published the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021.
Insurance renewal costs expected to drop from next week
Updated / Friday, 23 Apr 2021
15:24
New judicial guidelines on personal injury awards, recently approved by the Judicial Council, take effect from tomorrow
Business Editor
Insurance reform campaigners have said they expect the cost of motor and liability insurance renewals to drop significantly from Monday.
Tomorrow will see the new judicial guidelines on personal injury awards, recently approved by the Judicial Council, take effect.
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, which assesses all unsettled claims, will also be adopting them. Monday next, 26th April, the first working day following the implementation of these new guidelines, is D-Day, said Peter Boland, Director of the Alliance for Insurance Reform.
Ministers McEntee and Troy introduce new Scheme for Garda Compensation Claims
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Ministers McEntee and Troy introduce new Scheme for Garda Compensation Claims
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Bill provides for a new compensation scheme to repeal and replace the current expensive and slow approach
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Under the new scheme, a Garda who claims he or she has been maliciously injured will make a claim to the Garda Commissioner
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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, and the Minister of State with responsibility for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD, have today published the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021.
Ex-judge sceptical lower injury awards will cut cost of insurance Mr Justice Peter Kelly says more pressure likely on District Court due to guidelines
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The former president of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, has expressed scepticism as to whether reduced personal injury awards will lead to lower insurance premiums.
Asked about the issue, he said that when he was starting out as a barrister in the 1970s, insurance premiums were a “hot topic”, and the insurance industry was saying that if juries were abolished in High Court personal injury cases premiums would come down.
“So juries were abolished, but I didn’t notice my insurance premium coming down,” he said in an interview with The Irish Times.
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