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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Will people in my constituency whose cases have been settled for years receive their payments before July?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister of State envisage that they will be paid out before the start of summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: When we met representatives of the insurance industry privately, and when they came before this committee, they suggested that the Setanta case was a factor in driving up prices. What assurances have they given the Minister of State, now that they have won the Setanta case, that they will reduce prices for consumers who they fleeced in the past couple of years while this matter was going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Did the CEO the Minister of State met give him a commitment that the judgment will result in a reduction in the premiums charged by his or her company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That means the company could just make more profits. I presume, however, the Minister of State, who has direct responsibility here, having seen his constituents and citizens across the State fleeced by these companies, demanded or, at least, suggested that they reduce their premiums, particularly as this case was the main excuse they used for ramping up prices. Did he walk away from that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If it does not result in such a reduction, what is the Minister of State, who has responsibility in this area, going to do? Will he continue to allow insurance companies to do as they please on this issue? They ramped up insurance prices and told us face to face that this was the main driver because of the uncertainty, because they had to reserve-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: They told me that it was one of the main drivers because they had to reserve money not just for Setanta but in respect of any similar situations in the future. They also suggested to this committee that it was one of the main drivers. Given that the uncertainty is gone and we have seen insurance premiums increase to extraordinary levels in the past three years, what action can or will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Are there estimates in the Department regarding the percentage increases in recent years resulting from the uncertainty relating to Setanta?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Of the increases over the past three years of approximately 70%, was it 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 15% or 20%? Does the Minister of State have any idea of the percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The point I am making is there is no way to measure that. I presume the Minister of State has not asked the CEOs if what they factored into the price increases to consumers was a result of this uncertainty. In regard to the Government proposal that the industry would still pay out 35% claims in regard to future Setanta-like situations, is the industry view that this is still creating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My question was on whether the Government will give a commitment that all claimants to Setanta Insurance will receive 100% of their claim. In other words, if there is a 5% shortfall, will the Government lift the barrier in regard to the ICF legislation to allow for payment of the additional 5% and so on in order that these claimants will not be penalised, as will be the case for future...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is effectively doing that because the 65% is an unknown liability from the Insurance Compensation Fund. That money is recouped through a levy. The Minister's report today in terms of an update is not great and warrants only a grade C or C+ because he has missed three of his targets so far.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I was extremely critical in terms of the slow pace of the report when initially published. We have learned today that three of the ten targets have been missed. In regard to recommendation No. 1, that in respect of large increases insurers will be informed of the reasons for them and given a breakdown of what percentage of increases is due to specific factors, which the Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister of State answer any of the three questions I put to him on the issue, which are, what constitutes a large increase-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. What details will be provided to motorists and when will the first motorist receive that detail?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Costs (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenses incurred by her Department relating to insurance of all types of in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by her Department over the same time period per annum; if she will provide the same data for all bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the events which charges were levied by An Garda Síochána in exchange for policing services as provided under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Question Heading for question(s) 63 (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses incurred by his department in relation to insurance of all types of in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by his department over the same time period per annum; the equivalent data for all bodies under the aegis of his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Insurance Data (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenses incurred by his Department in relation to insurance of all types in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by his department over the same time period per annum; if he will provide the same data for all bodies under the aegis of his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Insurance Data (1 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expenses incurred by his Department relating to insurance of all types in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by his Department over the same time period per annum; if he will provide the same data for all bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement...