Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 June 2017

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

Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance

10:00 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I understand that. It is not for me to defend how they interact with their customers. That is their side of things. I recognise that the insurance industry is co-operating on a number of fronts. While the premium breakdown for drivers is important, there are things that are more important, such as building the national claims information database. They are doing a number of things. I do not think it is as simple as deciding overnight to give a breakdown. We are talking about changing significant IT systems, how they interact with their customers and what information they give. I am not an employee in one of these companies, but-----