Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that the Minister for Finance is finally going to bring in the CEOs of the banks. It is ten months after I called on the Government to do that on the Order of Business. Today, I want to ask about the scandal of the victims of Setanta Insurance, which collapsed in 2014. They have been painstakingly through the courts process. There are over 1,500 active claimants. Is the Taoiseach aware that the legal representatives of the insurance compensation fund had been allowed time by the court to seek assurance from the Government that people who were insured by Setanta Insurance would not, in theory, be liable to be sued as a result of the excess amount that the claimant will not get?

I understand that all cases have now been paused in the courts, which is ridiculous. People are seriously injured and some have life-limiting conditions as a result of their injuries and because of the Government's assurance, we have a pause in the situation. Will the insurance (amendment) Bill deal with this issue? There is legislation tabled by Sinn Féin and the Government's own Bill. The Taoiseach should do the right thing and say to the victims of Setanta Insurance and those people who were legally covered that their complaints will be met entirely and that those insurance policyholders will not be liable to be sued through the courts.

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