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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs associated with the further development of the early supported discharge of people who have suffered a stroke; the current staffing deficits in existing teams that are below the level recommended by the national stroke programme; the estimated costs to ensure that staffing deficits are addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for staff that cannot work due to suffering from long-Covid given that special leave with pay has been withdrawn. [27925/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We all wish we did not have to have this debate. I am sure the Minister wishes we were not having it. I imagine his constituency office is the same as mine and is inundated. A hold needs to be taken of the information people are getting. I will use an example to illustrate what I mean because this is what is making people so frustrated. A first-time application went in originally on...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We can all acknowledge that, in terms of the quality of the instructors and the dedication and commitment of the apprentices, we have a world-class system, but it is held together by the apprentices and instructors. It happens in spite of rather than because of Government policy. People who complete apprenticeship programmes in the State are highly valued by employers at home and abroad,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: You write the cheque to the developer.

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies who tabled this motion because it gives us a very welcome opportunity. I also welcome the medical scientists who are in the Gallery watching this and those who are tuned in. I pay tribute to them for their patience and determination. It is patience because, as we know, this issue has been going on for decades. When an industrial dispute can be characterised in terms...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is an update in relation to the passports of persons (details supplied); when they can expect it to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for the evidence they have given. My first question arises out of the contents of Ms Murdock's opening statement. When I read it, I noticed there was something missing, namely, any mention of premiums or a reduction in premiums. Ms Murdock spoke of savings in legal costs and so on but there is no reference to these being passed on to customers. She...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I will ask Mr. Boland to come in on this in a second. I was looking at parliamentary question data from December 2021 showing profits within the insurance industry. For 2019, the operating profit or loss as a percentage of total income for employer's liability, public liability and commercial property insurance was 3%. Does Ms Murdock know what that figure was in monetary terms?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Sorry to interrupt, but if Ms Murdock does not have the figure to hand, I ask that it be sent on to the committee. The amount of money involved is very important. I am conscious of time. Unless one of Ms Murdock's colleagues wants to come in, I want to ask Mr. Boland-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask that it be done. I wish to check with something with the Chair. Am I right in thinking that Ms Murdock is precluded from talking about future premiums, but that other witnesses are not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not think they were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair enough, but the same rules do not apply to Mr. Boland. I just wanted to establish that. Does Mr. Boland see the proposed Bill as being an effective way of reducing premiums, or might it reduce something else for someone else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: Here is hoping that it is to the benefit of the consumers and businesses. I do think there is any guarantee of that, but let us hope it proves to be the case. I put the following question to Mr. Boland or Ms Sheridan, who will have very practical experience of the issue. Where policies or premiums were suspended or significantly reduced during the lockdown period, when the high-level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sure Ms Murdock's industry does not want to see its customers closing their doors, in the first instance. I ask her to comment on the 16% increase in premiums since the judicial guidelines were introduced. That worries me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We are all hoping for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I believe Ms Murdock. The policyholders have to be viable. I am aware that Mr. Boland wants to come in. I am not interested in getting into a back and forth because that is not the purpose of this meeting. I will give Mr. Boland a minute to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I would have to agree with Mr. Boland, based on the anecdotal evidence, but we will wait for the NCID report. I have a few seconds left. Then I have to leave because I am due to speak in the House. I apologise for that, but I will look over the report of the meeting. Does Ms Murdock think that inflation is going to have an impact on insurance premiums? If so, what does she think the...