National claims database
Michael McGrath asks when the national claims information database will be in place. The Taoiseach says the Bill’s heads have been cleared and it is on the session’s priority list, but no date is available.
A year ago, we had the publication of the costs of insurance working group. One of the main recommendations in that was the establishment of a national claims information database so that, for once and for all, we could get a proper handle on the data surrounding claims. The legislation, which is called the Central Bank (national claims information database) Bill, was to be enacted by the end of last year but it was not.
The Government agreed the heads of a Bill and the database was to be in place by the second quarter of this year. Clearly now, it will not be. Will it be in place this year? Can the Taoiseach confirm when the full Bill will be published and brought before the House?