John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a good reply and some of the figures in that are positive. Can the millions of euro saved be quantified? Is there any figure for that or does the Minister of State have any sense of how much has been saved by the State and individual consumers in premiums due to the work of PIAB? What has been the general impact of those reduced awards? Almost three-quarters of the awards are now less than €15,000, as the Minister of State noted in his reply. That is significant and consumers are looking for the knock-on effect of that. He said that PIAB is retaining claims of a wholly psychological nature. Could he elaborate on what that means? He also mentioned that he has had ongoing discussions with PIAB over the past year, leading up to the drafting of this Bill, which is welcome. What issues did the board raise with him in those discussions?

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