Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 12, lines 34 and 35, to delete “and the name and address of any person other than the insured who is to be named in the policy” and substitute “and the name of any other person who is mentioned in the policy”.

This is again largely a technical amendment. To answer Deputy O'Rourke, this database is very important. It provides knowledge of what is happening, which will benefit us in a whole variety of ways. One of the issues with regard to the database of the motor insurance register was that it was felt that there was no need for the actual address. Many of those details are captured because details of the driving licence have to be included and this includes much of this information. It was felt that it was better to capture the person's name and licence details and that the address is not required. There is a benefit there with regard to ease of use, management, monitoring and updating the database. Not having to put in the address in that particular category makes the database simpler and more efficient to use. It is to simplify the working of the database.