52952 (10 February 2023)

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: 52952

Date of incident: [ ]

Date of application: [ ]

Decision outcome: No award.

1. [ ] (‘the Applicant’) has made a claim for compensation under the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted (‘the Scheme’).

2. In her application for compensation under the Scheme, received by the Tribunal on the [ ], the Applicant states that she suffered injuries by way of a criminal incident which occurred at [ ] on the [ ].

3. The circumstances of the incident are outlined by the Applicant in her application form.

4. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal established under paragraph 17 of the Scheme the Tribunal “may pay ex gratia compensation in respect of personal injury where the injury is directly attributable to a crime of violence, or, as provided for in paragraph 4, to circumstances arising from the action of the victim in assisting or attempting to assist the prevention of crime, or the saving of human life”.

5. The application was submitted within the three months allowed for the making such applications under the Scheme. However, on the [ ], the Tribunal wrote to the Applicant seeking provision of certain information required in order to adequately assess the Applicant’s claim. No response was received to this correspondence.

6. Paragraph 11 of the Scheme states as follows “No compensation will be payable to an Applicant who has not, in the opinion of the Tribunal, given the Tribunal all reasonable assistance, in relation to any medical report that it may require, and otherwise”.

7. Despite clear communication with the Applicant by the Tribunal and a request for the required information to assess this application no such information has been furnished to the Tribunal.

8. As the Applicant has not established her nor co-operated with the Tribunal in this regard no award is made.

Georgina Robinson

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

10 February 2023