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
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
While it probably will be less relevant in this scenario, I have put the following question to quite a number of delegations. Were the witnesses in the committee's position, what questions would they put to Insurance Ireland? I am not sure the question is as relevant in this case, because both delegations have more or less stated they have relatively good relationships with or involvement with the insurance industry. When dealing with groups such as the Irish Road Haulage Association, Age Action Ireland, young drivers and so on, they clearly have a lot of issues on behalf of their members. Is it fair to state the witnesses have not experienced enormous difficulty in dealing with the insurance industry? Obviously, a sharing of data as to the reasons regarding the 14,000 people and so on might be helpful to the Injuries Board. I will ask the question. Were Mr. O'Brien sitting as a member of this committee tomorrow, what questions would he put to Insurance Ireland? It is all about data sharing and transparency to a certain extent, but what else?
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