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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: No. I think the insurance industry is distorting and misrepresenting the factual basis, and it has done so for a decade. If we look at what some judges have said, they have said it is a dishonest industry and they have accused Insurance Ireland of having an effective PR strategy to distract from its core profitable basis, which has been represented by the Central Bank report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The cost of claims per policy is down 2% in that ten-year period and the number of claims is down 42%. The industry is picking certain picking statistical phenomena to distract from the core probability, which I believe is the focus, and the core issue of competition in the market, given the number of underwriters that are underpinned on average in Ireland is far less than in other areas. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: We had a discussion involving Deputy O'Callaghan around the price and cost of legal claims. In my view, it comes down to pure transparency. Would the authority like to see both barristers and solicitors publish their prices and their per-hour costs? I would also like to hear the CCPC view on that point. Does the Legal Services Regulatory Authority believe there should be full price...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I would like to hear the CCPC view on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: It might be difficult to do it but the only consequence is a bigger bill for the consumer, because where there is uncertainty about cost per hour, the net outcome is a bigger bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: One issue with the LSRA is the no win, no fee matter, which is common. I googled that this morning and approximately 20 solicitors' firms have used that particular phrase. We clearly have an industry that is trying to incentivise claims and it is promoting that issue. Has the LSRA investigated that? A simple googling of the term would be enough to examine it. There is an incentive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is there a legal basis to operate like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Does Dr. Doherty think that attracts increased claims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The LSRA will not get a complaint from a client who has been guaranteed no fee. I am asking about the general basis, not whether the LSRA has received any complaints. Is it correct for the professionals who the LSRA is responsible for to have a system of no win, no fee, which I think is contributing to a claims culture in our society?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would Dr. Doherty agree that it could incentivise claims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Dr. Doherty says that it is allowable under his jurisdiction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Should it be banned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I think it is a significant issue and in many instances it brings people along a false path, creating a culture where there is a dysfunctional relationship between the service provider, the solicitor and the client, which means that they are doing things such as asking a doctor to amend a medical report through the legal process because there is a combined incentive. What is Dr. Doherty's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Does Dr. Doherty believe that is happening?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The conclusion reached in the report to which I refer is stark: "Without systems capable of subsurface detection linked to data analysis systems ashore, the Naval Service remains quite literally, lost in the dark". This was written in the context of the fact that three quarters of transatlantic cables in the northern hemisphere pass through or near Irish waters. Considering the docked naval...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The document to which I refer states, "So long as Ireland remains socially and economically married to the vital but delicate network of glass laying just offshore, it is high time we considered protecting it". Does the Minister of State accept that these cables are a soft military target? The analysis demonstrates that they are the digital ecosystem of the globe. For him to deflect...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which enhanced capability is being provided for the Naval Service in ongoing requirements and contingencies, including the protection of vital sea lanes of communication of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52905/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I ask the Minister of State the way in which enhanced capability is being provided for the Naval Service in ongoing requirements and contingencies, including the protection of vital sea lanes of communication of Ireland, and if he will make a statement on the matter. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of an excellent article by Lieutenant Shane Mulcahy published recently in the Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a new chairperson for the conciliation and arbitration council will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: When will a new chairperson for the conciliation and arbitration scheme be appointed? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter? As he knows, in September 2018 the Barry report recommended that an independent and interventionist chair should be appointed. Why is this not happening? The Minister of State is ignoring the key recommendations to which the representative...