Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to thank both Deputies for their contributions and I also appreciate the summary provided of the activities we have carried out in the insurance sector. I have concentrated on the judicial guidelines but our priorities for the next three months include the reform of the duty of care legislation, which is very important for all businesses, especially for sporting, voluntary and community organisations where accidents can happen.

We are strengthening the law on perjury; enhancing the enforcement powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; expanding the National Claims Information Database operated by the Central Bank; and, for the first time ever, we will be bringing out a report on employer public liability insurance. That report will be the first ever such report we will have had available to us and will cover all of the issues referred to here by the Deputy.

Finally in my reference to IPB Insurance, this is a mutual insurance company generally managed by the County and City Management Association and responsible to it. I suggest the Deputies make contact with their relevant local authority manager to make contact, in turn, with the County and City Management Association to see if it can assist in insurance for festivals and playgrounds.

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