Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to bring up the issue of public liability insurance and not for the first time. I want a timeline on when the duty of care legislation will go through. I also want to know if there have been any successes in the office for increasing competition in insurance, particularly in relation to public liability. This is because there are just not enough players in the industry. We are now at a disaster situation. I know that majority of leisure, entertainment and children's entertainment companies, particularly people who are operating bouncy castles, are operating without insurance at present. This is because they cannot get insurance. I am engaging with Insurance Ireland myself. I am also engaging with the Government. We really need to deal with this because it is an absolute disaster. This is the case for community centres, community groups and for businesses. Local authorities will not be able to carry out events. This is a huge issue.

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