Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2019

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

Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland

Mr. Gerry Cross:

This is not the specific topic we are here to talk about so I may need to come back to the Deputy on the specific questions. In the context of motor insurance, PL and EL, there were long discussions on the piece of work that led to the implementation of the motor insurance claims database. In trying to understand, it is helpful to note that there are different discussions and different points are being made about what has been driving up costs and whether costs are coming down. This allows one to see what is the case.

The Deputy asked who has access to the database.

I cannot remember precisely what the limitations of it are but I can revert to the Deputy on the matter.