Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

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

General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I need to stop Mr. Horan there because his information is so far out of date. We are not dealing with heads anymore. Heads relate to a draft Bill we discuss during pre-legislative scrutiny. This legislation is going through the Houses. What was head 3 is now section 4 of the legislation. Section 4 is very specific. Does Mr. Horan know that we are giving the Central Bank the power to find out how many millions of taxpayers' money insurance companies pocketed in Covid payments? The only additional power that has been provided to the Central Bank under the national claims information database is to find out how much insurance companies pocketed of taxpayers' money in Covid-related payments. It does not do, as Ms Murdoch has informed the committee, exactly what my legislation does. I am asking Mr. Horan if he stands over those comments? Is he familiar with this legislation?

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