Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for not being here for the presentation but I will read it. I am also on the mental health committee. I met the alliance group in Limerick on the night it was formed and took extensive notes on what its members had to say. The insurance body was before this committee but we have only scratched the surface. I have been working heavily on the motor insurance side, rather than on business insurance, but I am from a business background and I am becoming familiar with the business side of the issue too.

A lot of the points made today were made in Limerick so I will not hold the committee up. However, I will do what I can in regard to this issue.

The Acting Chairman and I have discussed the issue of insurance costs in the context of the cost of doing business. It is staring us in the face that the cost of insurance is a huge factor in that regard. There is a need for a major push back in that respect.