Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The programme for Government includes a commitment to facilitate faster data releases from the national claims information database, NCID, to further enhance transparency and accountability. This report helps to deliver that commitment. In 2018, the average earned premium was €702. It is now 18% lower, at €575. That speaks to some of the reforms that were introduced. Insurance reform, including increasing affordability and accessibility of insurance, remains a key priority for the Government. After considerable progress in this area to bring down premiums over that trend of years, we need to redouble our efforts.

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