Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It affects not only businesses but also community groups, individuals and landowners, as the Deputy has said.

The intention is that once the legislation is passed, in the same way as with the judicial council guidelines, we will start to see that impact into the overall payments in the courts. Working with the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, and others in the Department, I hope that in itself will encourage more to come into this space to provide insurance where many are struggling to get it at the moment. In all of the other actions I have mentioned, we are starting to see progress, so I expect that this will provide progress in this space as well.

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