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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: It might be done between the two parties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Is it paid out of the claim?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: The book of quantum is a kind of history book of settlements that were made by judges. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: There is no mystery about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: The book of quantum that is being prepared now is based on 2014.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Is it okay to have it up as far as 2014?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes, is that information timely?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: The reason I ask is that many comments have been made about the book of quantum. Even though everything is sort of reliant on the book of quantum, according to what we hear, it is only going to reflect claims up to 2014. Changes have taken place from 2014 up to now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: It goes back to how the position here can be similar to that in the UK, where there is more information and so on in it. I hope that might be the case here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: I want to return to a question I asked earlier. Senator Horkan touched on this issue as well. When one goes through the Injuries Board process, one gets to the point at which a figure is suggested. It might be €10,000 or whatever. The claimant has to pay his or her solicitor from that amount. At that point, the possibility must be considered that he or she might get a large amount...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Is that where the real legal fees arise?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Mr. Gilhooly will be paid for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Mr. Gilhooly got some advertising there anyway. He cannot do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: Is it not the case that solicitors and barristers like going to court?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: And you believe that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: We have now come to the end of today's session. I thank all the witnesses for attending. I appreciate their submissions. We will draw the meeting to a close until tomorrow morning at 11 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (8 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: I welcome our guests this morning, Mr. Conor Faughnan and Mr. Colm Carey from AA Ireland, Mr. Kian Griffin from Ireland Underground and Mr. Justin Moran from Age Action. I propose that the witnesses present their opening statements and then we can have a question and answer session with committee members. It is up to the witnesses to decide who goes first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (8 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: We will hear all the opening statements first and then we will have questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (8 Sep 2016)
John McGuinness: That concludes the opening statements. I remind witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. However, if they are directed to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only evidence...