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

I accept the Minister of State does not propose to publish the recommendations now but will he give us a sense of the broad areas they cover? Will legislation be required to deal with some of the issues? Most important, having examined this issue in detail in recent months, does the Minister of State expect the recommendations, if implemented, to make a difference in terms of the premium increases people have experienced in the past three years or thereabouts? The litmus test will be whether we can stop these increases and bring some degree of normality back into the market. I expect the recommendations will deal with many of the key issues around the data gap, awards, fraudulent and exaggerated claims and the role of legal costs and court awards generally.

Will legislation be required for some or many of the recommendations? Will their implementation make a difference in respect of premiums?

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