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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The impact of legal and other fees on personal injury awards is being examined. Why is there a delay in that and who is responsible for its delivery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Again, everything is being deferred further.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The estimated start date of the OLCA has been constantly deferred. There is no guarantee that it will happen in the second quarter of 2019. It is now the second quarter of 2019. There are only a couple of weeks left in the quarter. It is not going to happen in the second quarter of 2019. It has been deferred again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Looking at that I would say the legal profession is doing its damnedest not to provide the information. That is what I gather from the Minister of State's answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have a few more queries. The Courts Service was to publish the results of personal injuries claims in a more granular way in its annual report. Has this happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Has the Law Reform Commission, LRC, given any indication in its work programme as to when it will publish its findings regarding the capping of damages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: When can we expect to see the introduction of notifications for people against whom claims are made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have one more query. I refer to the first report of the Personal Injuries Commission, PIC. Court rules committees are considering its recommendation to amend the relevant court rules in order to require reports to be produced in a standardised format. When will this happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Judicial Council Bill 2017 is coming before the Seanad next week. I am not sure how much of a positive impact this will have on the cost of insurance for ordinary citizens and businesses. It will take time, because it will have to go through the Oireachtas. Then a committee will have to be set up in the Judiciary, which will have a review and will then decide. We could still be...

Seanad: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The proposed legislation carries on from something that was here in the past that is still inactive. The former Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, set up the National Pensions Reserve Fund with the whole purpose of setting money aside from surpluses or unforeseen funding that came into the Exchequer if such eventualities as this might...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Over the past couple of weeks I have met various groups, farmers, businesspeople, publicans, hoteliers and individuals, all about the rapid increases in the cost of insurance. Some publicans have told me that, over the past three years, their insurance costs have risen by 33% while a hotel owner has told me that, this year, his insurance cost has risen by 50%. I also asked them about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Seeing as everyone has a spirit of bonhomie, I also congratulate all those who participated in the local elections. I did not come through that. I was a councillor at one stage. I also commend the count staff in the councils on the hours they put in. They were long hours over a period of three or four days. One count is ongoing in Longford while a recount is ongoing in Bandon in Cork. I...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: That is not relevant to the section.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I will not say anything at this point; rather, I will wait until I hear the response of the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. I am well versed in this matter, about which I have spoken on a number of occasions. I will use my four minutes after I hear his response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: This is a bullshit response. Pure bullshit. I have been listening to this since 2014. Unfortunately, the Minister of State is not in charge of the Department.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I will not. I cannot.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: This is a crap response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: This is typical of the Department down in the Custom House. Most of them live in the city and have no experience of what goes on in rural areas. It is unfortunate the Minister of State is giving the response. It is not his Department. The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and Minister of State, Deputy English, have allowed this crap response to be given here today. This has been going on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I do not give a shit because those public servants are delaying this.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: They are delaying this. Those guidelines should have been out in 2014. Here we are in 2019, and it will be almost 2020 before these guidelines are out. I do not give a hoot about the officials. It is about time they were named. Who is sitting on these files and not making decisions so that the public can act on what is out there at the moment? The planning guidelines go back to 2006,...