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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: It may be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Of course, if they are carrying less weight, the cost of the insurance should be less.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: That is the point that I was trying to make as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: There is the issue of the tachograph. Can the witness explain to us how it works in regard to the cost for drivers, their set-down time and their time off? I am sure that is a factor as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: I wish to ask all of the witnesses whether they think that everybody should have insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Is it something that the witnesses have discussed? If everybody had insurance, it would be in their own interest that the cost of the insurance be kept down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: I mean the individual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: The individual person. If every individual had insurance, it would be in his or her own interest to keep the insurance down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: If one is out walking, one has one's own personal insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Yes. Separate from motor insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Yes, it probably is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Our job here is to try to find a solution to reduce the costs of insurance. Ms Moorehead mentioned two areas that would be a start. They are the appointment of a legal costs adjudicator and a revised book of quantum. Whose job is it to revise the book of quantum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Was a book of quantum in place before the Injuries Board was established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Whose is responsible for the legal costs adjudicator?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: It is only a question of the Minister for Justice and Equality making the order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: On 20 April, the Minister for Finance identified a range of possible factors that contributed to the increase in the costs of motor insurance in Ireland in the past 12 months. Among the reasons noted by the Minister were the frequency and scale of claims, the cost of claims and the operation of the insurance market. The Minister noted an increase in the frequency of claims over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: Is Mr. Gilhooly saying that the Minister's information is not accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: The Minister set up a working group. Did the Bar Council make any submission to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)

Paddy Burke: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, set up a working group.