Over 243 million euro was awarded by the Injuries Board last year.
It's almost twelve percent more than the 218 million awarded in 2012.
In all, the Injuries Board made over 10 thousand 600 personal injury awards in 2013, a rise of 5.1 percent on the previous year, with most relating to motor liability.
The average value of awards last year was almost 23 thousand euro although over 100 awards exceeded 100 thousand euro.
Dublin, Limerick, Louth, Carlow and Longford saw the most awards per head of population in 2013.
