Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will take the first one and leave the second and third questions to the Ministers, Deputies Flanagan and Regina Doherty.

The Government is very aware of the impact of increasing insurance costs on individuals, households and businesses, including marts. We have had a long-standing engagement with the industry, the Central Bank and the Courts Service on this issue. That was initially led by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, but is now being led by the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. It is showing some good results. The cost of health insurance plateaued and has subsequently fallen a little. The cost of car insurance has decreased since 2016. I appreciate that the cost of public liability insurance is still a problem. We will continue to work with the various groups to try to bring costs down.

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