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Motor insurance claims database

Summary

Deputy Neville asked for the latest on promised legislation to create a national claims information database to tackle high insurance costs. The Minister of State said drafting was under way and the Bill was expected before the end of the session.

My question relates to promised legislation concerning the high costs of motor insurance. While I welcome that there has been a decrease of approximately 20% according to the Central Statistics Office, I seek the current position regarding the legislation on the national claims information database. What point has that process reached? When do we expect to complete it, that is, as much as possible in order to put the pressure back on the industry stakeholders to solve this problem?

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Michael D'Arcy Minister of State at the Department of Finance Fine Gael

The cost of insurance working group has been working pretty hard on this. The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is drafting the legislation at present and we hope and expect that the Bill will be published before the end of this session.

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