Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is an issue about which we must be conscious and I hope a measure like this will bring about a more cost-conscious insurance sector responding in a market-effective way. Against a background of what we are trying to achieve in this budget, which is to exit the bailout, make room for positive employment creation measures and get more people contributing to our economy to build a better economic and social model, these are reasonable and fair allocations of difficult measures. I accept it is difficult to do it as people are very pressed but this is a reasonable and equitable measure that will generate close to €100 million. I commend it to the House.

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