Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am only getting into detail that is available on the GAA's website. I want to cut to the chase with Mr. Connaughton. The suggestion from some GAA clubs is that there is a clause in the policy with AIG whereby, subject to the courts, to AIG or adjudication on claims in the normal way - I am not coming down on one side or the other of that - each club could theoretically make a claim of up to €5 million for business interruption and that, while this is not reflected in the policy document that was provided to them, it is reflected in the master policy document that seems to be in the possession exclusively of senior CLG administrators. Under the consumer protection code, it seems to me that, as Mr. Connaughton rightly claimed, the broker, Marsh Ireland, would advise clients. My research indicates that no GAA club around the country has been advised that it may be eligible to make a claim. Whether such a claim would be successful is a different matter, but that clubs have not been advised seems to be a breach of section 7.1 of the consumer protection code. Would Mr. Connaughton be surprised to hear this?

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