Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My amendment is about ensuring timely progress is made on the inclusion in the national claims information database of public liability and employer's liability insurance. It provides for the production of a report. As I stated, my intention is not to have this in the legislation but to raise the issue and stress the urgency of achieving progress on this matter. We need transparency in this area of insurance because we are completely in the dark.

On the CSO, I appreciate the Minister of State's remarks regarding this matter being not as simple as motor insurance. Many in motor insurance, however, will also make the point that when we look at CSO data we are not looking at a young driver, for example. It is a certain type of driver that is captured and we are not looking at someone with an old car, etc. It is a standard person. There must be a way around this. While it may be more complicated, we should be able to examine a number of sectors and identify, even if the scope is limited, whether public liability insurance costs are increasing or decreasing over time.