Ms Verona Murphy:

With regard to the programme on insurance, which was aired last night, it stated that statistically there is no increase in claims. That comes from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. We must go through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in the first instance, before any claim goes to court. The records of the PIAB state there is no increase in claims. This is very important. That is the only true figure we can take as a given on the basis that one has to go to the PIAB in the first instance.