Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I also wish to raise the issue of car insurance. Fianna Fáil welcomes what the Minister of State, Deputy Murphy, and the working group have achieved. The sad thing is we are speaking about two years before anything can be put into practice. Another difficulty has arisen. I have had three cases in the past five weeks where families purchased cars in Dublin which were nine, ten or 11 years old but have only 50,000, 60,000 or 70,000 km on them. They have a few repairs to be done at a cost of €400 or €500 and they have passed the NCT without difficulty. However, as with wheelchair accessible taxis, no insurance company wants to insure these cars. It is disgraceful.

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