50421 (13 May 2022)
- Published on: 13 May 2022
- Last updated on: 7 October 2022
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
In the matter of an application under the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted
Decision of a Single Member
Name of applicant: [ ]
Application number: 50421
Date of incident: [ ]
Date of application: [ ]
Decision outcome: The applicant is awarded the sum of €150 under the Scheme.
Facts/brief background
1. Mr [ ]. ‘the applicant’) has made a claim for compensation under the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted (‘the Scheme’).
2. In his application for compensation under the Scheme, signed on [ ], the applicant stated that he was stabbed four times in the torso in the early hours of [ ], near his home in [ ], in [ ].
Eligibility under the scheme
3. The garda report largely concurs with the applicant’s description of the events in question, and indicates that he has no criminal convictions.
4. From the foregoing, I am satisfied that the applicant has established, on the balance of probabilities, that he was a victim of a crime of violence and sustained personal injury which is directly attributable to that crime of violence. Accordingly, I admit the application for consideration under the Scheme.
Details of claim
5. On his application form and its cover letter the applicant made the following claims, evidenced and assessed as follows:
| €120 hospital fees | Vouched - allowed in full | €120 |
| €30 medicine /bandages | While not vouched the Tribunal accepts that these expenses were incurred and were directly attributable to the injuries criminally inflicted. | €30 |
| Fees relating to tenancy | Not directly attributable to the personal injury so not allowed | 0 |
| Cost of flights | Not directly attributable to the personal injury so not allowed | 0 |
| Cost of clothing | Not directly attributable to the personal injury so not allowed | 0 |
6. On [ ] the Tribunal Secretariat wrote to the applicant’s solicitor and noted that the Scheme did not cover expenses for damaged clothing or travel plans, but invited the applicant to submit any further expenses to support his claim.
7. Correspondence between the Secretariat and his solicitor in particular in [ ] and [ ], in which the Secretariat sought further details of medical expenses and out of pocket expenses within the Scheme. This correspondence ended on [ ], in which the Secretariat sought any further information on or before [ ], after which the file would be sent for a decision.
8. No reply was received to this letter, and thus the total awarded to the applicant for the injuries criminally inflicted on him on [ ] is €150.
Tricia Sheehy Skeffington
Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
13 May 2022