Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. We await the report with some interest. Despite the number of insurance companies now in the market-place, we must recognise the fact that when there was only a single operator in this country there was not the same emphasis on insurance premium increases. We were told at that time that more competition would lead to lower insurance premiums but to what extent has extra competition contributed to keeping insurance premiums down?

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