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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to extend the powers of the Parole Board to persons convicted of sentences other than life sentences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment will be ratified by Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the inspection of places of detention Bill will be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new prisoner complaints system will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the monitoring report into the monitoring visit of a place of detention in April 2020 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the special investigation report completed in 2020 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if flexibility can be introduced for persons applying for citizenship to reduce the total cost on applicants for providing evidence through bank statements or other personal data of their continuous residence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services as defined in the HSE National Drawdown Framework including the provision of CPAP devices by HSE area in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [62977/21]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: 1808. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who were vaccinated for Covid-19 in the United States of America and who do not hold an Irish passport will be eligible for an EU Digital COVID Certificate issued by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1924/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister of State. I share his objective in that I am hopeful that the committee can complete pre-legislative scrutiny of this important legislation today and that we can get the legislation onto the floor of both Houses of the Oireachtas early in the New Year. I have a number of questions in regard to heads 3 and 8. As outlined by the Minister of State in his opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister of State did answer the question. I am not suggesting that the legislation should apply retrospectively but consideration should be given to introducing legislation that will apply prospectively. All we are doing in the legislation is requiring the data to be collected by the Central Bank and for the consumer to be informed of the deduction. The Minister of State could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is a consequential provision and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Previously insurers or the insured would only disclose documents that they intended to rely on in court proceedings but here there is a requirement to disclose documents even if they are not going to rely on them and, more important, if they are of disadvantage to the claim they are making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State. Head 7 is an interesting provision. It deletes section 16(10) of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 and puts in a new section, section 16A. Under it, there is a requirement on the insurer and consumer to disclose any document to the other side after a claim is made. That could be of benefit or of disadvantage to that claim. A similar provision was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Thompson envisage that there will be further reductions in premiums? Obviously, the personal injuries guidelines have reduced awards by more than 10%. I am not saying there should be an absolute correlation between a reduction in the awards and a reduction in the premium, but is it envisaged that the RSA Group will have greater reductions it will be able to pass on to the consumer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: If we find ourselves, say, a year from now and the guidelines have reduced awards down by 50%, would we not be confident in seeing a greater reduction in premiums than the 10% that has happened to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can I take it that from the point of view of this committee, Mr. Thompson is not telling us we will not see further reductions than those of 10% that have taken place to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Mr. O'Midheach a similar question. I believe he indicated that there has been a reduction of 10% since the guidelines came in. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will again ask a similar question. If it is the case that in a year from now we see that awards have been consistently reduced by, say, 40% or 50%, will we see a greater reduction in premiums than we have seen to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Engagement with Insurance Companies (15 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Mr. Connaughton the same question. Has AIG Ireland reduced it by 10% as well?