Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The claims are what is wrong. There are solicitors who are looking for people to claim. They are saying they got so much for one person and will get the same for another person. They are advertising. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, only deals with 20% of claims. It should be dealing with all the claims but is not. Why is that? The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, who was present earlier, said this committee or whatever has been set up has had a positive effect. He said it is not a matter for the Minister or the Central Bank to interfere in the process whereby insurers state they will not insure cars of over ten years of age. Who is in government? Who is in power? Who will rectify this matter? If a car has passed its NCT - a ten to 12-year-old car might not have 20,000 km on it and will pass the test - and the insurance company will not insure it, surely there is some power to do something about that?

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