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Dáil Éireann - Volume 494 - 06 October, 1998

Written Answers. - Personal Injury Claims.

Mr. Higgins (Mayo) Mr. Higgins (Mayo)

364. Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the total legal costs for his Department in dealing with personal injury claims for each of the years from 1990 to 1997. [18489/98]

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs (Dr. D. Ahern) Dermot Ahern

1153

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs (Dr. D. Ahern): The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the total legal costs in dealing with personal injury claims made against this Department for each of the years 1990 to 1997 is as follows: [1153]

Year	Legal Costs
	£
1990	nil
1991	2,450
1992	2,150
1993	6,263
1994	2,726
1995	13,791
1996	24,186
1997	14,258

The above figures, which do not include the legal costs of claims made prior to 1990 but settled in subsequent years, are included in the figures for overall costs, which were furnished in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 241 answered on Thursday, 1 October 1998.

Dáil Éireann 494 Written Answers. Personal Injury Claims.

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