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 Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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Another point that was raised last week was public liability insurance, and I believe this was raised when the Minister of State was still a member of this committee when the Licensed Vintners Association, LVA, and the Vintners Federation of Ireland, VFI, appeared before it. Two of the members of the Alliance for Insurance Reform are from the LVA and VFI, in addition to the many other bodies and community groups in the alliance. Its representatives made the point that a personal injury claimant has a two-year window to make a complaint. If somebody allegedly has an incident today or tomorrow, the person can wait two years to make that claim.