Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
11:10 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister of State. We all agree that important work is carried out by the CSO. The committee has had a discussion with the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, on its report on the insurance industry. The report recommends that the Central Statistics Office be charged with collating and publishing insurance claims data and that this function be placed on a statutory footing. The CSO is recognised as an independent organisation which commands the respect of the country. People rely on the information provided by it. Information on insurance claims is not collected or available in as comprehensive a form as we would like. This is recognised in our review of the insurance industry. What is the opinion of the Minister of State on the CSO's involvement? Is there capacity for it to collate and publish information on insurance claims and put this function on a statutory footing?
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