John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will come to that then. Senator O'Donnell was making the point that I am going to make now. Is a customer a relevant party? Is this committee a relevant party? The Minister of State mentioned relevant parties in the context of access to the database and mentioned people who make policy decisions. If that database is to be worth anything, surely it should be a case-by-case, claim-by-claim register? That is what it should be. The Department of Finance seems to be against that. A claim-by-claim register would inform the public as to why their policies are going up. It would inform the industry and potential entrants to the industry in Ireland and it would give greater customer information in a general way. The Department does not want to do that.