Motor insurance reform legislation
Deputy Robert Troy asked when compulsory motor insurance legislation would be published, warning against further delay to reform. The Taoiseach said the heads of the Bill would be published in the second quarter and then go to pre-legislative scrutiny.
For the past two years Members on this side of the House have continually raised the high cost of motor insurance and particularly how young people are being totally and utterly screwed when they go to get motor insurance. I acknowledge that last week finally saw the publication of the report to tackle the issue. One of the key recommendations is the introduction of legislation on compulsory motor insurance. However, according to today's legislative programme, that is only now under way. When will that be published? We cannot allow a number of these recommendations to be delayed for another 18 months, leaving young people paying exorbitant insurance costs for four years while the Government did nothing for the past two years.
Comment on this
Contrary to what the Deputy has said, the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, did a great deal of work in the insurance area. The Deputy will be aware of the publication of the recent report. The heads of the Bill will be published in the second quarter and will obviously go for pre-legislative scrutiny at that stage.