Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed)
11:00 am
Mr. Stephen Watkins:
Our role was to award damages at the prevailing levels. The contention is that damages in Ireland are out of sync with other countries but it has been thus for years. There has been no change in that regard. Even before the Injuries Board was established, the cost of damages in Ireland was higher than elsewhere.
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