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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the committee for the second time today for this important legislation. It is my understanding that sections 2 and 3 relate to the deduction by insurers of Covid-19 related State supports for final business interruption insurance claim settlements. We are all quite aware of how difficult Covid-19 has been for businesses and the impact it has...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Although my next question is about the information, it relates to sections 3 and 4, so I will wait until we get to section 3.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Sections 3 and 4 require, as part of the national claims information database, data on any deductions from insurance claims settlements by insurance companies that relate to public moneys. In that regard, and I realise the Minister of State said he cannot speak further on some parts, exactly what will be done with the information it will detail?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: When it is gathered.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I have a question on this. Sections 5 and 6 relate to the issue of dual pricing. Unfortunately, this practice is where companies are identifying loyal but often vulnerable customers who might not have the ability to look around insurance companies and are less likely to shop around, but are also more than likely more sensitive to price changes and so forth. It is often recognised that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It is shocking that insurers have been doing that. Many people imagine that if they are loyal to a company, it will be loyal to them and will support them and make sure they get the best deal. Unfortunately, we often find out that simply is not the case. What the Minister of State said in regard to home insurance is particularly shocking. If an insurance company is caught still doing...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Section 11 has important provisions that provide for technical changes. In the context of Brexit, the Minister of State might give an update in the context of section 11.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister of State. I thought it would be interesting for people to hear his remarks, especially as this issue is so relevant at the moment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Recent Cost-of-Living Measures: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It is an interesting discussion and it is the hot topic of the day. I thank Mr. O'Connor for that, as it was a very interesting response and engagement. On another question, I cannot remember when we had the Central Bank officials in before the committee – it was at some point in the last weeks or months - but I asked them about the risk of stagflation. It now looks likely that...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: People my age, when they look to the future, feel they have no chance of ever achieving homeownership. As my colleagues have said, this is happening under the Government's watch. The common theme among my friends and co-workers I have had in the past is that they work day in and day out and nothing gets easier. They feel they are completely locked out of homeownership. We are seeing now...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to an Icelandic oil drilling operation close to the bounds of Irish territory near the Maury Channel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans for BusConnects Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on expanding bus services in Galway to include a night service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (10 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that two schools in Galway lost their DEIS status in 2022 while the DEIS programme is being expanded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23311/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: As we all know, the cost of living has spiralled, people are under severe pressure to make ends meet and many people simply cannot do so as a result of the cost of living crisis. Nevertheless, before this increase in inflation and the war in Ukraine, we had the highest rents in Europe. People were struggling with housing, with paying rent and even with finding accommodation. All of this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. As the Chairman outlined, the committee has been considering this issue. The Parliamentary Budget Office delivered an excellent and interesting briefing. As the Minister outlined, we are and have been living in extraordinary times, with Covid and now the invasion of Ukraine. Of course, that means it can be difficult to predict what may...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course, that is the difficulty at present. This time last year we could not have predicted that we would be in this scenario. Indeed, we had other issues that we could not predict at that point that we were living through. In relation to the upward revision of GDP forecast, I note that it is largely driven by exports and at the same time there is concern in relation to consumer...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am not sure how much time I have left. I have one question anyway and if I have time for another question, I will ask it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I will ask two questions quickly. It seems there has not been a change in the estimate of the impact of global tax reform on the level of corporation tax receipts from the medium-term fiscal strategy from January 2020. Given the change in the international tax environment, will there be a difference in what is set out in the stability programme update, SPU? My other question is on the...