Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It provides an obligation to engage with the person that a claim is being made against and to accept material or a submission from that individual which would be of assistance to them in determining the settlement of the case. It is welcome.

Amendment No. 41 deletes the wording that the insurer will pay in a reasonable time. However, the consumer protection code is not on a statutory footing. That is the issue. I do not want to see duplication because it just creates confusion which does not benefit the consumer. This has put in a non-statutory obligation on a statutory footing.