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

It is a consequential provision and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Previously insurers or the insured would only disclose documents that they intended to rely on in court proceedings but here there is a requirement to disclose documents even if they are not going to rely on them and, more important, if they are of disadvantage to the claim they are making.