Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

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

Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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I will tell the Minister of State about my own experience with insurance. I went to the insurance company and different people. Nothing has changed in the year. It still went up 20% with everything remaining the same. I would not be sitting here at this time of the evening if the situation was not serious. I acknowledge the Minister of State's input but we are not getting the outcomes. Does he think there is a role for the State because I do not think we can continue to leave this to market forces? I think the same habits and behaviours in the industry are happening. This is having a real impact on people getting insurance.