Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response and acknowledge that considerable work has been done on this issue in recent months. I also commend him on his commitment to tackling this serious problem. When will Deputies have sight of the recommendations? The Minister of State indicated the senior Minister was provided with an initial set of recommendations at the end of October. When will we have these recommendations and when will the overall report be published in order that Deputies can get a sense of exactly what is being recommended? When does the Minister of State expect to begin the process of implementing the recommendations?

I note that figures produced by the Central Statistics Office today indicate that motor insurance costs have decreased by 8%. This could be an anomaly as it is difficult to read much into one month's data. Nevertheless, I hope it is a straw in the wind which indicates that change is coming. It is important that the Minister of State makes a statement that there will be change and clear and concrete recommendations will be produced to deal with the root causes of spiralling motor insurance premiums. I would be grateful if he responded on the specifics around timing.

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