James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I say, this is to help people to know precisely what their insurance is costing. It is a move we would make in any event. Up until now many people did not know precisely what their insurance was costing, they just knew what they had to pay. They did not realise the true cost of what the taxpayer was subsidising. For the information of the Deputy, two years ago it cost the taxpayer €400 million in tax subsidy, last year it cost €450 million and this year it will cost €500 million. That is an unsustainable increase in tax subsidies by any stretch of the imagination. In any event, that is a taxation matter for the Minister for Finance. My duty of care here is to people to ensure that they know what their policies are costing them, both net and gross.