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

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran 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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