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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Boland for coming before the committee. I noted his comments about the legislation we are considering. I will ask a number of questions about the survey that the alliance conducted because, as I am sure is the case from his point of view too, it is frustrating and alarming from the point of view of policymakers that one year after the guidelines were introduced, the survey shows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: What does Mr. Boland think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to think about where we, as policymakers, could go. Repeatedly, issues are identified by the insurance industry as the problem but when we resolve that problem we are told it is not the problem and that there is another. Ultimately, is Mr. Boland saying to this committee that the major issue is the lack of genuine competition within the Irish insurance sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: An insurance company

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regarding the attractiveness to global competitors in the insurance market, would Mr. Boland's concern three years ago have been about the size and number of payouts on foot of awards from the Irish courts and PIAB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Boland believe the insurers currently in the Irish market are competitive, or is there a lack of the normal competition one would see in other jurisdictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why does Mr. Boland believe there is not the same level of competition in the liability sector as the motor sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Boland believe we have to do what IDA Ireland does to attract foreign direct investment in that we need somebody trying to sell Ireland as a location for insurers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Boland aware of how that is being pursued by the Department? Is there somebody selling for us at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: We were told by the insurance industry that when PIAB was established, it would have a transformative effect. It certainly has had such an effect on legal costs. When one goes to PIAB, the legal costs are significantly lower than when goes to court. What more does Mr. Boland want to see done in respect of PIAB? His submission states it must be reformed. What does he want legislators to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Have the judicial guidelines been applied? Mr. Boland referred to how he is waiting to see the approach of the Judiciary. Have the guidelines on awards by PIAB fed through into the Judiciary yet in respect of when cases get to court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why would they do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Boland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously, I am not asking Mr. Boland to empathise with policymakers or politicians; however, can he understand that from the point of view of parliamentarians and members of the Government, a huge amount has been done to try to reform the insurance sector to reduce premiums? We enacted the perjury legislation, introduced the judicial guidelines and established the Office of the Legal Costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Presumably, there are still profits being made in the Irish insurance sector. Are global insurers not aware that there are profits to be made?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I spent much of my time in the previous Dáil debating judicial appointments commission Bills. I am sure the Leas-Cheann Comhairle contributed to those debates as well. I am sure Deputy Martin Kenny, who I see across the Chamber from me, did likewise. I bring to this debate a certain amount of knowledge of those Bills, which ultimately got caught up in the politics of the last...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome that extra resources have been allocated to An Garda Síochána. However, the issue is the deployment of those resources because, unfortunately, it does not appear that we are seeing a greater number of gardaí on the streets in the inner city. That is the solution to this. How many gardaí are doing roads policing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (27 Apr 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I regret that once again, I have to speak in this House on the level of violence in our capital city. A dangerous level of unprovoked and gratuitous violence is being perpetrated against people who are socialising in Dublin at night time. Three weeks ago, a 23 year old man was viciously assaulted on Dame Street after he had been subjected to homophobic abuse. That young man had his left...