Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion

12:00 pm

Photo of Aideen HaydenAideen Hayden (Labour)
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The first question is what we need to do to address it. We have an entirely commercial market with no right of appeal from the average household, which is unusual in a European context, as Dr. Surminski has pointed out. Is Dr. Surminski aware of any other countries in which there are appeals mechanisms by which an individual householder or business can appeal against an insurer's decision not to insure?