22/06/2004
DEL announces compensation scheme for dust-related ailments
The Department for Employment and Learning today announced that compensation payments, made under the Pneumoconiosis Scheme (certain dust-related diseases), are to increase by 5.4% from this week onwards.
The Scheme provides compensation to sufferers (or their dependants) who are unable to claim damages from the owners of businesses where the dust exposure occurred, either because the employers have ceased trading, or there is no realistic prospect of obtaining damages from them. The Scheme pays a one-off lump sum, dependent on degree of disability and age.
A spokesperson for the Department said: "The increase in the rates will ensure that compensation payments continue to keep pace with inflation. A one-off lump sum payment, ranging from £2,180, up to a maximum of £61,880, is now payable, depending on circumstances, to sufferers of certain respiratory industrial diseases caused by dust or, if the sufferer has died, their dependants."
The Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Scheme was set up in Northern Ireland under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
The diseases, to which the Scheme applies are; pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.
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The Scheme provides compensation to sufferers (or their dependants) who are unable to claim damages from the owners of businesses where the dust exposure occurred, either because the employers have ceased trading, or there is no realistic prospect of obtaining damages from them. The Scheme pays a one-off lump sum, dependent on degree of disability and age.
A spokesperson for the Department said: "The increase in the rates will ensure that compensation payments continue to keep pace with inflation. A one-off lump sum payment, ranging from £2,180, up to a maximum of £61,880, is now payable, depending on circumstances, to sufferers of certain respiratory industrial diseases caused by dust or, if the sufferer has died, their dependants."
The Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Scheme was set up in Northern Ireland under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
The diseases, to which the Scheme applies are; pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.
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