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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am looking for clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Ms Muldoon is saying that if the judges reduced the awards in the courts tomorrow morning, FBD Insurance would follow suit. What is Mr. McGrath's view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: If the judges did that, Allianz would reduce the costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: If the judges were to reduce those tomorrow, the companies would reduce their insurance costs. That is all I wanted to find out.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I hope the Leader will facilitate a debate on housing before we break up for the summer recess or as soon as possible after we come back in the autumn. I have an issue concerning the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, which changed the rules in Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 on social and affordable housing. There is now what I call social dumping across many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: It was a cracking game last night.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have a couple of queries because many committees come under the Bill. Will there be enough judges to fulfil all of the committee roles? Will the timescale that the Minister of State outlined for the committees that he is establishing be adhered to? He mentioned six months and said that a number of the committees will be prioritised initially. Some committees should take priority over...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Yes. I appreciate what the Minister of State said. He said that there are 165 judges. In my own area of Naas, one judge has complained that his current workload is excessive, and that is probably the case for many judges around the country. How many judges in total will be on these committees? Is the Minister of State confident that he will get enough judges to fill the committees within...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I congratulate the Minister of State on what he has done. Since his appointment we have had the personal injuries commission report, various legislation, improvements in the Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation, and this, which is another piece of the jigsaw to help citizens with their insurance payments and reduce the premiums paid by businesses, small enterprises and individuals....

Seanad: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: This is important legislation which will secure our future, maintain the economic stability that we have brought to the country and protect against potential shocks. I have one quick request for the Minister of State. I ask that the Department, when it is spending this money, would report to the Seanad as well as to the Dáil.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: One remembers seven or eight years ago when unemployment was at 15% or 16%, in contrast to the position we are in now. Of course that followed a previous Fianna Fáil Administration, as most people in the House would know. We are now at 4.6% unemployment, virtual full employment. I wish to ask the Leader for a debate on how to review the current work permits system. I get calls from...

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: Will the Minister of State correct the following sentence in his opening statement: "Award levels are the prerogative of the courts and therefore, for constitutional reasons, the Judiciary cannot be directed as to the levels that should be applied." The Civil Liability Act 1961 refers to awards brought forward by the Oireachtas which are constantly being updated. It is possible for the...

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: That is legislation that has been on the books since 1961 and which is constantly updated by the Minister-----

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: It is an award for damages on someone's death.

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 not mentioned anything yet. I just asked the Minister of State to take a look at that because of the Civil Liability Act 1961.

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: All right. That is the Minister of State's opinion. We will differ on that. The Judicial Council Bill 2017 will come before the Seanad next Wednesday. We still have not seen the additional amendments that the Minister for Justice and Equality proposes to bring forward. Will the Minister of State give us a timeframe for when Senators will see these amendments?

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: My problem with guidelines is that there is no legal basis for them. They do not have to be adhered to by the Judiciary. The judicial council may prescribe awards. The Minister of State indicated that if pathway A for the Judicial Council Bill 2017 does not work, there is pathway B, which the LRC is considering at the moment and which coincides with my Bill on the capping of awards. The...

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: If the LRC reports that it is constitutional for the Oireachtas to cap awards, does the Minister envisage bringing forward legislation to put a cap in place?

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: What is the Minister of State's opinion?

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: That will be an opinion of the Attorney General.