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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress made under the action plan for insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62362/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is obviously a case where a significant amount of work has been done. Some in the industry and some who have been lobbying for a long time would have stated that we should have made some of these moves previously but, as the old saying goes, we are where we are. I would separate out public liability insurance. That is a specific piece of work that needs to be done. It is absolutely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Pressure needs to be maintained on the insurance companies. That goes without saying. There is an absolute requirement that those engagements are robust. I will deal specifically with public liability insurance. Let us accept we need insurance. We particularly need insurance in what is high risk. We have seen the tragic circumstances in Tasmania. I have dealt with the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I find myself agreeing with a lot of what has been said. We accept that we have difficulties at present with the energy crisis. We are going to have continuing difficulties and we must look at easing the pain as much as possible as we move towards a just transition. I put on record my disappointment at the fact that the €100 mitigation offered to people has been put...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his plans to address the rising costs and limited access to public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62361/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to speak specifically about public liability insurance. We know the difficulties businesses, community organisations and community centres encounter in this regard. I dealt with the Minister of State previously about a case where a premium of €11,000 was put on a local community centre in Blackrock in my constituency. None of that is sustainable. Could he outline timelines...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept there are certain things the Government cannot do but we will deal with those powers that the Government has. I welcome the fact we are looking at the anomalies that have been caused by Brexit, the gift that never stops giving, but we have to move on in that regard. It was a vital piece of work in regard to the personal injury guidelines. We know that in an awful lot of cases, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the promises the Minister of State has made and we will follow up in that regard. I wish the Minister of State a happy Christmas. I have an issue that was brought up with me by some of my younger constituents. Obviously, we have had supply chain issues that have also been caused by Brexit. There are worries in regard to a certain Santa Claus. We hope the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Nollaig shona daoibh go léir. I am told I test the patience of others more than most, so thanks, apologies and best wishes to the Ceann Comhairle, all the Oireachtas staff, the Tánaiste and all Members. I raise the issue of the TRIPS waiver. The Seanad has spoken. Experts have told us the EU is involved in a stalling tactic. We know what Mary Robinson has said. We are told...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am not going to rerun the conversations on antigen or PCR tests. We just need to ensure that we have adequate testing capacity. We know what can be done and we know what needs to be done. The same goes for HEPA filtration in schools. Whatever streamlining is necessary just needs to be done. We all know the difficulties we are facing at the minute with Omicron. While we do not know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Ms Hynes and Mr. Ó Conghaile for appearing before the committee. I add my voice to what has been said. Obviously, Ms Hynes's CV speaks for itself regarding her ability to do the job, which to a degree is to see the end of an outfit and hopefully the successful creation of two new outfits. Significant work needs to be done on safety given the conversation we have had earlier. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is how they use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that, but at base level, is it the case that all the information necessary is contained in the VFR and if somebody else is building up from those databases, they have what they need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The system did not work as perfectly as it should. That is a piece of work that we can follow up on later. On the wider issue in relation to safety, what I am trying to get at is the question of whether, in the Air Navigation Transport Bill 2020, we have all the checks and balances we require to catch mistakes. Mistakes happen. We commonly use the example of global air travel. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That makes sense. Beyond that, it is about enacting those actions as soon as possible. I welcome the fact that Mr. Ó Conghaile has said the system has sufficient depth to it to catch mistakes as they happen and improve.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a weakness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I think we need to do a piece of due diligence on that. I have a million questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They could be dealing with anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: An Post: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to those praising the fabulous work being done by the An Post network particularly over the pandemic. We have good interaction with its team. I thank Mr. Angus Laverty in particular for the work he has done. He has always been entirely accessible. I want to put that on the record. Some of the difficulties that have arisen since July relating to customs since Brexit were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: An Post: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. Are we still talking about a situation where warehouses are full and this is delaying other packages coming through? Is it as bad as it was a couple of months ago? Is it worse? Where are we at in resolving that? What interaction has An Post had with Customs and Revenue here in relation to any possible fixes or mitigations?