Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Again, we hear about the claims culture. Surely, the insurance sector blaming a claims culture is like police blaming a criminal culture for crime. At the end of the day, we have insurance in order that people can make claims; that is the sector. An insurance sector with a no-claims culture would surely be of no use. There is nothing wrong with making claims. Let us consider whiplash, for example. Do the deputations accept that there would be a serious constitutional issue moving towards a care not cash system, regardless of whether it is a good idea? It is simply not possible in Ireland, or is it?

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