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No. 78 of 2022

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022

Public bill · Government · Presented

The bill gives the Personal Injuries Assessment Board a bigger role in settling claims without going to court. It renames the body the Personal Injuries Resolution Board and lets it offer mediation as well as assessment, while also changing how some claims are handled, including cases where more medical time is needed, fees are charged, and costs are awarded if a court case follows an assessment that was not accepted. It also strengthens the board’s powers to publish information, do research, report suspected fraud, and require honest information from applicants and others. That matters because it is meant to speed up claims, cut legal costs, help reduce insurance costs, and make the system more transparent.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003; to provide for the change of the name of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to, in the Irish language, An Bord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta and, in the English language, the Personal Injuries Resolution Board; to provide that the Board may make provision for a mediation process in respect of relevant claims; to provide that the Board may appoint mediators and may make rules in relation to  the mediation process; to amend the procedures in relation to the assessment of claims where a long term prognosis is awaited, in relation to the imposition and charging of fees and in relation to costs in proceedings where an assessment has not been accepted by the claimant; to amend the functions of the Board; to provide for an offence of providing false or misleading information in certain circumstances; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024

Sponsor
  • Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
    Dáil
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Committee Stage
    Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee
    Dáil
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