Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I feel rather like the rugby player who got the ball just before the try line and threw it over the line. I acknowledge the huge work Deputy Troy put into this legislation. He engaged in a lot of consultation previous to this. I thank Deputies O'Reilly and Shanahan, who have been especially engaged with this. I also thank the committee and Senator Mullen as we proceed to the Seanad. I thank the officials involved who are present, John Maher and Anne Barrett, as well as the team in the Department, who are continuing to put extraordinary into this.

I wish this function every success. We all have a stake in it being successful and I wish the team at the PIAB every success. We are doing a lot of heavy lifting in this House on insurance. We are working across parties here and also at Government level. The work we are doing should be resulting not just in reduced motor premiums but reduced premiums on employers and on public liability. A message needs to go from this House to the insurance industry that we are doing heavy lifting for it and it is time it passed on the benefit to customers. The public can be assured we will continue to sit on the insurers until they pass on the benefits of this legislation to customers.

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