Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016
9:30 am
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
We have had cases where people are flooded and they claim on their insurance. There are schemes that are run through the Red Cross, the local authorities and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. However, they can only claim on those once they have first claimed on their insurance. They could be waiting for months. Many of those people, once they claim on their insurance, can never get insurance again. The witness makes the point that insurers dealt with claims in Storm Ophelia quickly. The question I am asking i, how many of those people will get their insurance renewed?
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