Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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There is much information in the report, to which I will get. The one issue about which I did not see much discussion is the cost of insurance. It is raised in the media again today in the context of the cancellation of a major festival. Does Professor Clinch have figures for the rising cost of insurance? As I read somewhere in the report that the cost of insurance was decreasing, will he elaborate on the matter? It is not the widely held view, particularly among businesses.