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. Conor O'Brien:

It points back to data again. Those are quite interesting figures and it would be interesting to see the analysis behind that and what other information could be published. A key question is whether they have changed in recent years. For example, if the average whiplash payment is €15,000, has it increased dramatically over the past several years or has it remained static? There are two separate issues involved. One is the actual level of awards and the other is the change over time.

On 80% of claims relating to whiplash, again that is an interesting statistic. We do not know exactly what data is being used to reach that figure.

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