Ms Moyagh Murdock:

I accept that PIAB has certainly seen award levels offered come down to 42% but it has indicated that the number of acceptances has reduced significantly, and that is a problem.

Deputy Pearse Doherty:There is still a large volume of accepted cases going through PIAB where awards have been reduced by 42% and members of Insurance Ireland are pushing up public liability on businesses, sporting organisations and not-for-profit organisations, which are just trying to survive.