Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The cost of insurance working group has put much work into this to ensure that motor insurance is reduced. The reduction is 23% since the peak in summer 2016. That is the average but some people have not experienced that.

In the main the insurance for young people has not come down because of the number of accidents they are involved in. Insurance has reduced overall but it is not coming down for younger people because of the number of accidents, the awards and the quantity of claims against them.

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