Chapter 2 of 9: The Board, step by step, guide 6 of 10
PIAB, the Injuries Board and the Injuries Resolution Board: one body, three names
Checked 14 October 2026against the Acts, the Board's pages and the Personal Injuries Guidelines. Written for the injured person. Covers the Republic of Ireland.
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board of the 2003 Act became the Injuries Resolution Board under the 2022 Act in 2023. Why searches still say PIAB, the vacuum company that shares the name, and the portal address.
Not the Board. InjuryWise is independent. Applications are made to the Injuries Resolution Board at injuries.ie; we never make or submit a claim. The Board’s own site is injuries.ie.
Search for help with an injury claim in Ireland and three names come back: PIAB, the Injuries Board, and the Injuries Resolution Board. People reasonably wonder whether these are three bodies, whether one has replaced another, and which one they are supposed to deal with. The answer is one body, under one Act, with a process that has been added to but not replaced. This guide explains the names and the dates so you can read any page, old or new, and know what it means.
The statutory name: Personal Injuries Assessment Board
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 created the Board and gave it its name. Its purpose was to put a figure on personal injury claims without a court, on the documents, so that claims where liability was not in dispute could be settled without legal costs on both sides. The initials, PIAB, became the name everyone used.
The Act is still the Act. Every section this site cites, from section 12 (a claim must go through the Board before court) to section 13 (the Formal Notice), section 20 (the assessment assumes full liability), section 30 (the claimant's 28 days), section 49 (the 9 months), section 50 (the clock pause) and section 51A (costs after a rejection), is a section of the 2003 Act as amended. The Law Reform Commission's revised text, with every amendment worked in, is the version to read: the 2003 Act, revised.
The name in between: the Injuries Board
For years the Board styled itself the Injuries Board, with the site injuriesboard.ie, as a plainer version of the statutory name. Pages and leaflets from that period are still around and still describe the same process. If you find one, the main things that have changed since are listed below.
The trading name: Injuries Resolution Board
The Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 amended the 2003 Act. It was commenced in two stages: 13 February 2023 and 14 December 2023. Among other things it:
- Renamed the Board the Personal Injuries Resolution Board, trading as the Injuries Resolution Board, to reflect a role that was no longer only assessment.
- Added mediation as a route alongside assessment, with a 10-day cooling-off after a signed agreement under section 18C.
- Allowed the Board to assess a claim for psychological injury on its own. The Board's Annual Report 2025 release says 15% of 2025 awards involved a psychological injury; the figure is dated on the figures register.
- Inserted section 51A, which changes the costs position where a claimant rejects an assessment the respondent accepted and a court awards no more. It applies to assessments rejected from 13 February 2023.
- Gave the Board power to refer suspected fraud on, and tightened the information a claimant must give.
The Board's site is now injuries.ie, and its own making a claim page is the place its form lives. This site links it and never hosts or copies it.
The three names side by side
| Name | Where it comes from | Where you still see it |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB | The 2003 Act | Searches, the Act's title, the Board's portal and form addresses, older solicitors' pages |
| The Injuries Board | The Board's own earlier styling | Older leaflets and pages, injuriesboard.ie links |
| Injuries Resolution Board | The 2022 Act, from February 2023 | The Board's current site, its forms, its press releases, the Annual Report |
Whichever name a page uses, the process is the one described in the lead guide on how the Board works: an application with a fee of €45 online or €90 by post, a medical report on Form B, a Formal Notice to the respondent with 90 days to respond, an assessment within 9 months of consent, 28 days for you to accept, 21 for the respondent, and an Order to Pay or an Authorisation.
Why searches still say PIAB
The Board was PIAB for twenty years, and habits do not change on a commencement date. Autocomplete in Ireland still offers "piab", "piab portal", "piab form a", "piab login" and "piab guidelines" ahead of the new name, and solicitors' pages written before 2023 use the initials throughout. None of that is wrong. It is the same body.
Two of those searches deserve a note. "PIAB guidelines" usually means the Personal Injuries Guidelines, which are the Judicial Council's, not the Board's; the Board must have regard to them under section 20(5). The guide on the Guidelines explained covers them. And "PIAB form a" is the application form's old name, now simply the application form; Form B, the Medical Assessment Form, kept its letter. The guide on the application form, fee and documents explains both.
The vacuum company
A search for "piab" on its own also returns Piab, a Swedish maker of vacuum-handling equipment that has nothing to do with injuries or Ireland. It is the reason this site never has a page titled just "PIAB", and the reason a search for "piab" with no other word may send you somewhere unexpected. Add "injuries" or "claim" and the Board comes back.
The portal and form addresses
The Board's online claims portal and its online application form sit at addresses that still carry the piab name, because they were set up under it and were not renamed. They are the Board's own addresses, reached from the Board's making a claim page, and the login is the account you create there. Searches for "injuries resolution board login", "injuries resolution board portal" and "piab login" all lead to the same place.
The Board's site is injuries.ie. Its form is on the Board's site. Any site that offers a claim form of its own, or asks you to fill in a form so that it can pass you to the Board, is not the Board. This site's own ask-a-solicitor page reaches a solicitor, never the Board, asks nothing about the accident, and is explained on the disclosure page along with how the site is funded.
What changed with the name, and what did not
| Changed in 2023 | Did not change |
|---|---|
| The name, to Injuries Resolution Board | The Act: the 2003 Act, as amended |
| Mediation added, with a 10-day cooling-off | Section 12: nearly every claim goes to the Board first |
| Psychological-only injuries assessable | The application: a fee, Form B, proof of identity |
| Section 51A on costs after a rejection | The respondent's 90 days and deemed consent |
| Fraud referral powers | The 9 months to assess and the 6-month extension |
| The 28 days and the 21 days | |
| The Order to Pay and the Authorisation | |
| Section 50's pause of the two-year clock |
Two things changed later for different reasons. The respondent charge rose from €1,050 to €1,200 on 1 December 2025 under S.I. No. 557/2025, which is a fees regulation, not the 2022 Act. And the Guidelines the Board must have regard to are the Judicial Council's 2021 figures; the Council's December 2024 approval of a 16.7% increase has not been moved in the Oireachtas, and the changes page tracks it.
The Board in figures, under its current name
From the Annual Report 2025 release of 8 July 2026, dated on the figures register: 20,077 applications in 2025, down 4% on 2024 and 35% on 2019; 10,032 awards worth €213 million; a median award of €14,020; 69% of respondents consented and 47% of assessments were accepted; 54% of mediations agreed, in about 3 months. The guide on the Board's figures explains what each one measures and why none is a figure for anyone's claim.
Reading an old page
If a page you have found says PIAB or the Injuries Board, check three things against this site before relying on it: whether it mentions mediation (if not, it predates February 2023), whether it gives the respondent charge as €1,050 (the figure before December 2025), and whether it quotes the Book of Quantum rather than the Guidelines (the Book applies only to claims the Board assessed before 24 April 2021). The guide on the Book of Quantum and the 16.7% increase explains why old figures still appear.
Where this leaves you
Whatever name you searched, you were looking for the same body and the same process. The Board page on this site gathers the process, the periods, the fees and the Board's own figures in one place, every one dated and sourced, with links to the Board's own pages where the application is made.
Frequently asked questions
Is PIAB the same as the Injuries Resolution Board?
Yes. PIAB is the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, the statutory name under the 2003 Act. The Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022, commenced in 2023, gave it the name Injuries Resolution Board. The Injuries Board was the name it used between the two. Same body, same Act, same process.
What does PIAB stand for?
Personal Injuries Assessment Board, the name given in the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003. The Board now trades as the Injuries Resolution Board, but PIAB is still the name people search and the name in its portal and form addresses.
Why does the Injuries Resolution Board website say piab?
The Board's online claims portal and its form addresses were set up under the old name and were not changed when the Board was renamed in 2023. They are the Board's own addresses, reached from its making a claim page. The site itself is injuries.ie.
When did PIAB change its name?
The Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 was commenced in two stages, on 13 February 2023 and 14 December 2023. The first stage brought in mediation and the new name; the second brought in the remaining provisions.