Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask the same question about this section. What amount of information will the public - ordinary consumers - be given regarding this section? If we are setting up a database under which we will eventually have anonymised data, I cannot understand why it would not be part of the Central Bank's function to put information about what has been gleaned into the public domain regularly, as is done in many European countries.

I am not asking for personal details about anything. I am asking for information that is useful to consumers. The Minister of State's concern, I understand, is with the insurance industry but there needs to be concern about the consumers who are paying high premiums here.