Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied under the declined cases agreement for motor insurance since its establishment, on an annual basis; the number of successful applications; the average premium by successful application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18329/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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At the outset, as the Deputy is aware, I in my role, as Minister for Finance have no responsibility for the operation of the Declined Cases Agreement and therefore do not have direct access to the data that is being requested.

However, in order to be as helpful as I can, my officials contacted Insurance Ireland about your information request. In response they have provided me with statistics on the number of cases they have dealt with back to 2009. Data is not available for the years preceding that. These statistics are set out in the table.

In relation to these cases Insurance Ireland have informed me that all applications made to them were accepted by Insurance Ireland for processing under the Declined Cases Agreement. They have also stated that a quotation was secured for the applicants in question through the Agreement and that they therefore consider all applications to have been successful. Insurance Ireland were unable to provide information regarding the average premium by successful application.