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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no available appointments at NCT centres in County Donegal in December 2020, which will result in increased charges in January 2021 for vehicle owners who are attempting to pay VRT charges; if concessions are being considered for those who cannot be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for PPS numbers will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has to attend for an early-morning Covid-19 test appointment in Mayo hospital four days prior to an appointment in the hospital; the reason a Covid-19 test cannot be carried out in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43710/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I will pick up on the delay in respect of key sections of my legislation later. I welcome the Minister of State to the committee and wish him well. I intend to work with him in trying to tackle some of these issues. I am concerned about the speed at which the Government moves and, indeed, the fact it is frustrating my legislation at the request of the industry but I will discuss that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State has claimed that insurance premiums have dropped by one third since 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State claimed that reforms and policy developments have undoubtedly been a factor in helping to reduce motor premiums. What reforms and policies brought about a reduction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The claim is contained on page 4 of the report and there is a picture of the Minister of State above it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: There has been no reform in the past four years to drive down insurance prices. I am interested to hear the Minister of State point to any one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Some of that concerns reports and transparency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Some of that work still has not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: -----reported in terms of claim costs. The Minister of State claimed that one of the big reforms has been the national claims information database.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State repeated his claim that insurance costs have reduced by one third since 2016. Is that what the national claims information database found when it examined more than 2 million policies across 96% of all policies written in the State in 2019? Is he disputing the figures produced by the national claims information database?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I am well aware-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Has the Minister of State relied on the CSO figures? I have addressed the following matter on numerous occasions. The CSO emails a sample to insurance companies and asks for a premium for a product. It is only a very small sample.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The sample taken by the national claims information database consists of 2,048,683 policies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The national claims information database contradicts the claim made by the Minister of State that insurance premiums have reduced by one third since 2016. They have increased by 13%. Is the Minister of State going to undermine the work of the national claims information database by relying on the CSO figures? The CSO figures are now completely irrelevant now that we have a massive amount...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. We will get to the issue of dual pricing and I welcome the Minister of State's statement that he will rely on the national claims information database. It stated in its report that insurance premiums have increased by 13% since 2016. This undermines what the Minister of State told the committee half an hour ago that insurance premiums during the same period were reduced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Was it under the Minister of State's remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It stated that recommendation No. 1 is complete. Is the Minister of State satisfied insurers did set out the reasons for large increases in premiums to consumers?