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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request from the local authority for funding to upgrade Castlefinn Bridge in County Donegal; if so, the details of the project plans; if his attention has been drawn to the need to deliver this project in view of the state of the structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48611/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for link roads from the proposed TEN-T priority route to the towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (26 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing medical evidence with the medical review and assessments department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (26 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the sewage treatment works at the unfinished housing estates (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48612/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses to the committee today. I will start with the CCPC. I appreciate the meeting we had on the complaint I submitted to the CCPC on dual pricing within the insurance market. As noted in that complaint, I know that it is not unique to the insurance market. I am pleased the CCPC has already undertaken some work on that and, if I understood correctly, it intends to look...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. O'Leary stated insurance companies do not reward loyalty. One could even argue that they punish loyalty. What is the basis for that statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What role does Mr. O'Leary envisage the CCPC having in the work that is under way by the Central Bank? Both organisations have a consumer protection role. Does Mr. O'Leary believe they work in silos or do they have a complementary role?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: When does Mr. O'Leary expect the work the CCPC is doing on dual pricing will be complete and when does he expect to release an interim report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. O'Leary for that. I may come back later with further questions. I welcome the representatives of Insurance Ireland to the committee. The body indicated that it had nothing to offer our deliberations but I am pleased it accepted our subsequent request. Insurance Ireland has been busy in recent days. It hosted a conference on fraud and the compensation culture in Ireland. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Just on that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If Mr. Hassett does not mind, I will give him the accurate figures. It is 255,000 as opposed to 250,000, and that fell to 200,000 as opposed to 205,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to speak on that point. I was going to come to that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: To substantiate that claim, in terms of the continued increase in costs, will the witnesses outline to the committee the total number of settlements for personal injuries in 2014 either in the courts or through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board and the total number that have been paid out by insurance companies in 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry to interrupt, but can I get-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is not the question. Let me repeat the question. Mr. Hassett has already confirmed that the number of motor insurance claims has dropped by 22% between 2014 and 2017, with 55,000 fewer claims.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: He then argued that it is about the awards made in those cases. I ask Mr. Hassett to put on the record of the committee the total amount of awards paid out through the Courts Service and through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board for 2014 and the total amount paid out in 2018 to validate the claim he has just made to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What are the different parts? I have asked twice and will ask for a third time about the Courts Service and PIAB. What is the other part of the claims settlement process? Is it just the insurance companies themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Outside of courts and PIAB, on which Insurance Ireland is refusing to give the total figures-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: -----what is the other part of settlement of claims? Is it just the insurance companies themselves?