Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a whole range of legislation in this area, but as of now it has not been enough for the specific problem to which the Deputy is referring, which is that certain sectors either cannot get insurance at all, or are being quoted ridiculous figures that will make it impossible for them to stay in business. I have met a number of those companies, particularly in relation to child activity centres which cater for children's birthday parties and so on. In one of those categories within the sector, the only insurance company I am aware of that is quoting at all is based in the UK. This is an issue. We had a long discussion about this at a Cabinet subcommittee meeting recently and all I can say for now is that the Government is looking at this closely to see what more can be done. We are somewhat limited in what is possible without changing the Constitution in some areas, however, there are some things we can do, and I expect the Government will come forward with some new thinking in this are in the coming weeks.

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