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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)

John McGuinness: It is cases like the one I mentioned that is driving up the cost of legal fees.

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

John McGuinness: I am talking about the behaviour of not all but of some legal firms that decide they are not going to have this and start exercising their considerable muscle to deal with someone who does not have the same muscle base.

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

John McGuinness: No. I want Ms Murdock to answer them because I want to know-----

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

John McGuinness: -----whether the organisation takes an interest in that level of scrutiny with the companies it represents. That is all I am asking.

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

John McGuinness: I am not asking Ms Murdock to do that. I am simply asking whether she says to them that we have had a complaint and that the company should look at it, without influencing it one way or the other.

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

John McGuinness: Yes.

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

John McGuinness: I am more interested in Ms Thornton's first comment.

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

John McGuinness: Does the organisation drive good standards?

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

John McGuinness: I have another question on general insurance. The organisation's member companies cannot do anything about a person to whom a company sold an insurance policy unless that company is instructed by that person to acknowledge the case or to act on his or her behalf. Is that correct? If I have an accident and I advise the organisation the other party has insurance but will not produce it, it...

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

John McGuinness: -----not to act unless the company's customer says he or she will allow it to act on his or her behalf. I thought it was a case that insurance companies settle claims regardless of whether the customer of an insurance company likes it or not.

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

John McGuinness: In the place of the policyholder.

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

John McGuinness: Where that does not happen, and to return to the driving of high standards, Ms Thornton can then mention this to a 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)

John McGuinness: No. Ms Thornton has answered the question.

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

John McGuinness: It might not do any harm for Insurance Ireland to make a general comment on the matter to its companies. Perhaps the company causing the problem would pick up on it.

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

John McGuinness: It irritates people when they see the amount of money being spent on legal firms when a bit of common sense could resolve the issue.

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

John McGuinness: Is Ms Thornton saying that it is down to 3,000?

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

John McGuinness: I was tempted to name the company and the legal firm under privilege, but I decided not to. The clerk has cautioned me. Sometimes, I do not listen to caution. I will do it another day.

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

John McGuinness: This brings us to the end of our meeting. I thank the witnesses for attending and for this exchange, which has been interesting. We will adjourn our meeting until next week. As usual, we will have a private session meeting at 12.30 p.m. That will be followed by a public meeting.

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

John McGuinness: We will look at Insurance Ireland’s safety net. Does it provide a safety net? Would Ms Murdock say to a member company that it should have a look at that and that it is beginning to drag its heels on it, if it was an exceptional case?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (10 May 2022)

John McGuinness: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of expired unclaimed lottery prizes generated in 2021, in relation to the national lottery; the total value of these unclaimed prizes that transferred back to the national lottery operator; the percentage of the amount transferred back that will be spent on marketing of the lottery; and if he will make a statement on...