IRISH PERSONAL INJURIES GUIDELINES

Injuries Resolution Board fees and process

Official application feeChoose a method

The fee lookup does not include other expenses.

Educational lookup. Not legal advice.

Check the official Injuries Resolution Board application fee by submission method. The table below quotes the Board's process page for the application requirements and the main stages. This is an information lookup and does not submit a claim, collect documents or calculate a total award.

Official application fees
Method	Fee	Official wording
Online or portal	€45	Our fee (€45 online/portal and €90 via post)
Postal application	€90	Our fee (€45 online/portal and €90 via post)

Worked fee lookup

Select Online or portal. The lookup returns €45 from the Board's application fee statement. It performs no subtraction from an injury bracket and does not add other costs.

How the fee lookup works

Displayed fee = Board application fee[selected method]

The fee is a direct lookup from the official Our Process page. The amounts are application charges, separate from the general damages ranges displayed in the injury tools. Recheck the Board source before submitting an application.

Application and process: official wording

Read these quoted extracts with their original context in the Board source. The table identifies stages so that the application fee is not mistaken for an award or a promise of an outcome.

Board process extracts
Stage	Official source wording
Application form	A completed application form Source
Medical evidence	A medical report Source
Notification	The Respondent has 90 days to respond and let us know whether they consent to our involvement. Source
Mediation	Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process that helps both parties work towards an outcome. Source
Assessment	We use the same Personal Injuries Guidelines as the Courts to calculate compensation. Source
Claimant response	The claimant has 28 days to accept or reject the assessment. Source
Respondent response	The respondent has 21 days to accept or reject it. Source
Payment order	If both parties accept the assessment, we issue a legally binding order requiring payment of the agreed compensation Source

Reading the application requirements

The official application statement lists a completed form, a medical report and the fee. Use the source page to read those requirements together, rather than assuming payment alone completes an application. This site does not check a form, a medical report or the identity of a respondent. Keep any personal documents out of this lookup: there is no upload field and no document submission service.

The process table quotes the response periods stated by the Board. It does not calculate a deadline for your claim. A date calculator would need to apply the relevant circumstances and rules, which this tool does not do. Read the original notification or assessment information and the official process page before using a response period in a particular case.

Assessment and the injury tools

The Board's assessment description includes general damages and special damages. General damages cover pain and suffering, while special damages include financial losses such as medical expenses and lost earnings. The injury tools on this site display general damages brackets only. Their result is not the Board's assessment of a claim and does not include a special damages total. Use the injury tools to find the relevant source passage, and use the Board source to understand how its own process works.

Questions about this tool

Is the displayed fee the total cost of a claim?

The displayed amount is the official Board application fee for the selected submission method. The lookup does not calculate medical report costs, other expenses or legal costs.

Does the Board use the same injury guidelines as the courts?

The Board process page states that it uses the same Personal Injuries Guidelines as the Courts to calculate compensation.

Does choosing a method submit an application?

No. This tool only displays the published application fee. Follow the official Board source to use its application services.

Injury guideline lookups

Official sources

Judicial Council: Personal Injuries Guidelines (adopted edition, PDF). Each table row includes its section and printed PDF page.

Judicial Council: adopted guidelines and draft amendment publications

Injuries Resolution Board: Our Process

Data as of October 5, 2026. Brackets shown: adopted March 6, 2021 edition. Draft amendment figures are excluded. Recheck the official publication for changes before relying on a category.