Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 December 2021

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

General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. Head 7 is an interesting provision. It deletes section 16(10) of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 and puts in a new section, section 16A. Under it, there is a requirement on the insurer and consumer to disclose any document to the other side after a claim is made. That could be of benefit or of disadvantage to that claim. A similar provision was included in section 16(10) but it has been changed here to ensure the document must be disclosed by either side within 60 days of its receipt. Is the Government trying to ensure under that provision that reports such as private investigators' reports will be disclosed promptly or what type of documents is it considering?

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