Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach has been asked many questions about insurance and insurance reform. I acknowledge that the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy, has been in here trying to bring legislation forward but it seems to be very slow. I raise the matter today on the basis that we see now that local authorities have paid out over €43 million in the first nine months of the year which shows that by the end of the year, there will have been a significant increase in payouts this year. If people have a genuine case and a genuine cause, like everybody else in this House, I believe that they are entitled to make their case, but surely this is a crisis situation. Surely more of those cases should be fought in the courts. I merely want to know the Taoiseach's view on it. When can we expect to have the legislation brought into this House that will ensure that we do not have fraudulent situations, wherever that possible fraud may be coming from?

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