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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 13, 2013

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION:  Councillor T. Gilligan

To ask the Manager how many personal injury claims have been made to the Council broken down between 2009-2013 and how much compensation has been paid out 2009-2013?   How much has been paid out to the public and how many claims from the public, again 2009-2013?

REPLY:

The following are the statistics requested in respect of Public Liability and Employer Liability for the period 2009 - 2013 (to date). It should be noted that, in the majority of cases, the cases settled related to claims submitted in previous years.

  Year No. of Claims Received No of Cases where compensation was paid   Compensation Paid
Public Liability 2009 182 86 €1,259,327.12
  2010 181 51 €1,094,400.34
  2011 203 70 €522,965.12
  2012 185 66 €1,109,386.81
  2013 43 24 €111,195.17
         
Employer Liability 2009 7 8 €40,175.00
  2010 8 11 €18,690.00
  2011 6 10 €234,235.97
  2012 7 5 €129,696.67
  2013 2 2 €127,919.18