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

I thank the Deputy for his question. He is right. There has been an extension of insurers which have been working with local authorities in regard to community events and festivals. I will speak to the Deputy directly on the particular issues in Cork South-West to see if there is anything further that can be done there. The State has not intervened in the insurance market as a consequence of the European insolvency directive which states the state may not do that in the same way. However, we are trying to maintain conditions so that more insurers will come into the market with an extension of risk appetite and change the conditions in order that groups that have not been able to get insurance, particularly post-Brexit, can come together and buy insurance in a slightly different way. I am very happy to pick up the issue in Cork South-West directly with the Deputy.

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