Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his question. The Department has been working with insurance companies to identify niche points of difficulty where people have not been able to access insurance. Where there are community events whose organisers work with local authorities, there may be an appetite to increase the risk profile. The most important thing is the implementation of the action plan for insurance reform, which the Government has been doing, and ensuring the reductions in the awards issued by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board are met and set, and stick with the legal profession, because these impact everybody's ability to get insurance. The Department of Justice is introducing legislation in the coming weeks to change the public liability aspect, which will have an important impact on what the Deputy is raising.

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