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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I will come at this another way. Mallow and Fermoy are classical examples of where the State has expended vast taxpayer resources to ensure that flood plains and the people in those areas are protected. They have worked. Does Mr. Thompson agree they have worked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: They have worked to date. Mr. Thompson is qualifying it. He remains to be convinced about the very protocols that have been tried and tested in towns like Mallow over decades, not years. This constitutes decades of corporate memory of the local authority where staff intergenerationally has clear systems put in place in both those towns. They are typical of examples throughout the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Mr. Thompson might give me a straight answer; he does not have to qualify it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Let me put it in another way. Is it true that Mr. Thompson will know when the next flooding incident will occur on the Munster Blackwater?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: No, I do not mean not after the fact. I refer to Insurance Ireland being serious about increasing coverage from 83% - the figure Mr. Thompson mentioned earlier - as there is still 17% to go. The members of Insurance Ireland cover 95% of the market. Mr. Thompson has told us that he wants to extend and grow the coverage. However, everything he is saying points to there still being many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Chairman, I want to be very clear here. There is nobody talking about discarding the MOU here. However, all the MOU provides for is an exchange of information. There are no obligations inherent within the MOU. Would Mr. Thompson agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: That is all it is about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Consider for instance the UK model, in which there are eight guiding principles. I am not going to articulate what the principles are, but it could be contended that some of them could, in principle, be incorporated into the MOU as well. We would not be distorting competition. This would allow for pricing that reflects risk, which would deal with the excess issue. This would allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: No? Is Mr. Thompson absolutely sure about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: None of Insurance Ireland's members have said to Mr Thompson, definitively, that they are not going to cover flood insurance where demountables have been put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: This refers to Mr. Thompson's OPW working group. Not all of the 100 members are on the OPW working group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gambling Legislation (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken under gambling legislation to monitor excessive in-game purchases for children under 18 years of age. [49687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that have taken place in his Department since June 2016 on restructuring the school transport scheme; his plans to reform the scheme; and the number of tenders for school buses that were issued to date in 2017. [49653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United Kingdom, including the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales, over the past six months. [49723/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterpart in France in the past six months. [49724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Germany in the past six months. [49725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United States of America in the past six months. [49726/17]