Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update for quarter 2 of the insurance working group's action plan on the rising cost of motor insurance; the quarter two actions that have yet to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31980/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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There is a commitment within the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurancethat the Working Group will prepare quarterly updates on the progress of the implementation of the recommendations and the first such update was published in early May. That update provides details on how the implementation of the recommendations is progressing, with a particular focus on the ten action points which were due for completion during the first quarter.

My Department will publish the second quarterly update shortly. As with the first quarterly update, this will again show the progress to date on the overall implementation of the recommendations, but this time with a particular focus on the 17 action points which were due for completion during the second quarter of 2017.

My officials are currently in the process of collating all of the relevant updates from the individual relevant Government Departments and Agencies in order to compile the full quarterly report and, therefore, I am not in a position at this stage to provide the Deputy with the information he has sought in respect of Q2 actions which have yet to be completed. It should be noted that the number of actions scheduled for completion in Q2 is higher than that due in any other quarter while, in addition, substantial work has also been undertaken in respect of a number of the other 44 actions, including all eight which are classified as “ongoing” in the Action Plan.