COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2019

QUESTION NO. 33

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to detail claims made against the Council over the past year and will he make a statement in the matter?

REPLY:

Since 1st January 2014 the Council has been fully insured by Irish Public Bodies (IPB). The most recent report received from IPB contains claims information to the end of Q2 2019. The table below therefore details all claims made against the Council from 1st July 2018 until the end of June 2019.

Policy

Number of claims made

Public Liability

220

Motor Fleet

29

Social Housing

17

Employers Liability

5

Property

1

Grand Total

272

The vast majority of claims made relate to public liability insurance. South Dublin County Council has been working constructively with IPB in order to reduce the number of claims made against the Council. Staff have attended training in relation to the importance of proper record keeping, early investigation and an efficient Affidavit/Discovery process. Identifying and mitigating areas of potential risk is also ongoing in order to ensure that the county is as safe as possible. It should be noted that the number of public liability claims made against the Council during the period 1st July 2018 to the end of June 2019 is a reduction of 12.73% on public liability claims made against the Council during the same period the previous year.