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

That is welcome. PIAB is effective and what the Minister of State is proposing in the Bill is to expand its remit so that it can deal with more cases. Some of these cases are of a psychological nature, which PIAB does not currently deal with as I understand it from what he said. That is also welcome and he essentially said it has resulted in a fifteen-fold reduction, or close to it. It is probably less than that if the average PIAB claim is €800 compared to legal recourse, which costs €16,000 or €17,000. That is welcome. I would like to be able to go back and give good news to organisations in my community such as Kilnamanagh Community Centre, which has seen its premium rise by €10,000. We all have had representations from similar groups. PIAB is bound to be good news for them. How soon can we see the impact on the ground in respect of premiums and what progress has been made on that?

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