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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: The insurance company does inform-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Consequently, the Garda is informed of all cancellations of insurance policies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Very well. As for the data, the problem is when an individual still drives a car with an insurance disc for which he or she paid for the first month but for which the other 11 months now are cancelled, a garda who looks at or shines a torch on that disc has no way of knowing it is cancelled unless he goes into-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: However, it is not the reason for large insurance increases. Uninsured drivers and how they might be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: I agree with that. I welcome the fact, which is why I said I agreed with it but I just wished to tease out that issue about the discs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, but in my view, the argument the industry is making is not valid. I will move on to some other areas. On the example Mr. Carty gave about the high payout in the courts, does he accept the statistics put out on the median payments to the effect that the increases are not at all significant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Carty believes that High Court awards have increased substantially. Does he believe comments from some insurance companies that they have increased by 34% in the past year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: What does Mr. Carty believe to have been the level of increase?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Carty dispute that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Carty is representing brokers, he has an underwriting facility and has his own Insure4Less company.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: He has come before the committee to make a point about the High Court awards and has given two examples, which he has presented colourfully here. However, hard data are being given to him stating that the argument being made for the industry and his own argument do not hold up at all. I need to get to the bottom of this. Does Mr. Carty believe in the High Court data in respect of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, personal cases.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: The job of this committee is to consider the official court data in the whole, instead of the individual personal story that an industry might wish to put out that could help to skew the impression of what is happening when the question is considered as a whole. Ms Dowling makes a point about the book of quantum and suggests it should not be done by the consultants but should be taken from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: I understand the Judiciary and the Central Bank will become more involved in this regard. I questioned the Injuries Board yesterday on whether legislation should be brought in that would ensure the Judiciary was obliged to pay more regard to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: No, I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Before I call on Ms O'Callaghan am I right in saying Ms Dowling is arguing for a different approach? The book of quantum-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: I understand that. However, the book of quantum is only based on what was paid out on these claims over the last period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, historically.