Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The CEO of Zurich Ireland knew about duty of care. He specifically said, because the companies were lobbying here, that we should bring in the Judicial Council guidelines. He said that if we do not see public liability decrease by 20%, members of the committee should ask serious questions. The insurance companies then turned around and jacked up the prices despite the fact that, even with the small number of claims, awards have fallen. Surely to God we cannot get away from that fact or that the price of premiums increased.