Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The committee is eager to have the database up and running. We recognise its importance. Having the legislation passed will not make a blind bit of difference until we have the data in the national database and can analyse them. We are very eager to have this proceed, which is why we believe the legislation did not need pre-legislative scrutiny. If the Department is delaying publication of the Bill, there was no point in doing that. The database was identified as being key to transparency. It is deeply disappointing that we will not have a report and the database will not be up and running, never mind churning out information, for another year. It shows a failure to recognise the magnitude of the increase in premiums for motorists, businesses and the community sector.