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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept the information deficit. I am more interested in the user. Who will be able to get access to this? I want to give an example. There is no point in having a database if it is not being used by the correct people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who will use the database?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will we have access to it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously the Central Bank will have access. Let us take the case of someone making an insurance claim. For argument's sake let us say I am the holder of a motor insurance policy, I am involved in a car crash and someone takes a claim against me. In that case will I be able to see the database? I am trying to figure out how this decrease will manifest. What will be the purpose of this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that. I am going to single issues. That is all I am going to look at. I still do not understand who will actually use the database to bring about transparency and to bring down the value of claims, which would then bring about a reduction in premiums. When this is compiled by the Central Bank, which will control it, how will it bring about a reduction in claims and premiums on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is this really for use by the insurance industry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State is referring to policy in the Central Bank and the Department of Finance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the measure in respect of Setanta. When the payments are made in late November or early December, will it bring a conclusion to matters for all policyholders with Setanta?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What will remain to be done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: That will bring all of those cases up to date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What I am saying is very simple. We talk an awful lot about insurance. Ultimately if there is a database which analyses all of this information we do not want to be back here again in a year's time to see it just trundling along. Resources need to be put into it so that it can be up and running pronto.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister of State expect to have the database up and running by the end of the first quarter of next year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister of State have any idea of how long it will be before it becomes a functioning database?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group Update: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask that a dedicated unit be established in the Central Bank and that whatever resources are required be put into this process in order that it can be up and running as quickly as possible. This is where major strides can be made.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters (14 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, has been called to an emergency Cabinet meeting this morning to discuss Brexit. He had agreed to take my Commencement matter so I have agreed to withdraw it and resubmit it. I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for her understanding in this matter.
- Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State. To put the matter in context, we are looking to get our fossil fuel carbon emissions down by 2020 and 2030; it is only correct, therefore, that Government and investment policy interlope with that objective. I welcome the Bill in that regard. We obviously want to move toward significant reductions in emissions across a range of areas. I refer to the...
- Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: First, I thank Senator Ó Céidigh for this welcome initiative. I come from the ranks of the self-employed. I set up my accountancy practice when I was 28 years old. People said I was mad but I did it for 12 years. I am relatively rare as one of the self-employed who went into politics. I have a background in politics, but the risks are enormous. I was that soldier. When I...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: I hope they are true. I watch British politics and I question whether the lights are on. Brexit is a disaster for us and the UK. Some of the deliberations at political level in the UK defy logic and do a great disservice to the British public given the impact Brexit will have. In the context of Brexit, the valuation of sterling and so on, are there specific measures the SME sector would...