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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: What is Mr. Hassett's attitude to legislation along the lines of legislation found in various states in the USA that bans this kind of dual pricing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Who does Mr. Hassett represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Who does Insurance Ireland represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: What is the aim of the insurance companies that Insurance Ireland represents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: That sounds really good. They are not interested in making profits. That is not a primary motivation for them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Mr. Hassett did not mention that when he said their motivation-----.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Could their interest in maximising their profits be a factor in Insurance Ireland's opposition to banning dual pricing? Could it be that Mr. Hassett is not some disinterested individual? I do not mean in any material sense but in the sense of those he represents. Clearly, there is a happy coincidence between Insurance Ireland opposing the banning of dual pricing and the interest of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: I will focus on some figures. I have figures to hand which are compiled by Noteworthy, the investigative platform of thejournal.ie. They suggest that total awards for personal injury cases fell by 28% between 2014 and 2018 in spite of rising premiums. Insurance Ireland disputes that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Is that "inaccurate" or "an accurate", if Mr. Hassett knows what I mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Is that the 28% figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: It is but, looking at the fuller figures, it includes a reduction of the same percentage in Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, awards as well. Noteworthy proposes there is a 28% drop in that period of time in court and PIAB awards combined. Is that accurate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: I will put other figures to Mr. Hassett and he can tell us whether these are accurate. They have a figure for total motor and liability premiums - the total taken in by the insurance industry - of €1.35 billion in 2012 rising to €1.57 billion in 2013, €1.68 billion in 2014, €1.88 billion in 2015, €2.27 billion in 2016, €2.48 billion in 2017. They...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Does Mr. Hassett dispute those figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Do they not include claims that are settled out of court? It states that these are net motor and liability claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: I do not agree but I must go. I thank the witnesses.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [48837/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all communities have local access to general practitioner services. [48838/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Expulsions (26 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: 433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates of expulsion in a school (details supplied); and the way in which they compare to rates nationally. [48710/19]
- Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Barry. There is an horrendous housing crisis. It is a crisis of massive unaffordability. Half a million young people are stuck at home unable to afford to move out. We are aware that over 10,000 people are homeless. This is a significant understatement because of the cooking of the books by the Minister. There are those who face rent increases, with the...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)
Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.