Injuries board pays €113m in first half of year

A TOTAL of €113 million was paid out in the first six months of this year by the injuries board (formerly known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, or PIAB).

The board will shortly reach the €500m mark in awards made since 2004.

The payments from January to June ranged from a low of €1,000 to a high of €519,784 in respect of 4,652 personal injury claimants. Personal injury claims are now processed through the injuries board rather than through the courts and 87% of all cases assessed by InjuriesBoard.ie secure awards of less than €38,000, a figure that is in line with court awards.