HSE stops charging staff for certs in personal injuries cases

The HSE has confirmed it has stopped charging its employees for a certificate of lost earnings in personal injuries cases.

A solicitor had highlighted how HSE workers — unlike the vast majority of employees seeking certificates of lost earnings because of an injury — were being charged €123 for the paperwork, necessary for any claim being made to the State’s Injuries Board.

A spokesperson for the Injuries Board confirmed the charging for the production of such a certificate was very uncommon and that the HSE had applied it at three different stages in recent years.