Insurance – Page 4 – Kildare North Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fail’s Deputy Finance Spokesperson, Frank O’Rourke TD has called on the Government to implement the series of recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance on Motor Insurance, to tackle spiraling motor insurance premiums

‘The Government has made a commitment that the thirty-three recommendations in the report, made by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, are to be implemented by the Government.”

“People in Kildare and indeed right across the country have been grappling with rising motor insurance costs in recent years. The cost of car insurance has risen by over 50% over the last number of years with the last years increase particularly acute, as up to July 2016, motor insurance costs had increased by 38% year-on-year. These increases are unsustainable. Exorbitant insurance costs are putting enormous pressure on household budgets, are costing jobs and putting pressure on for wage increases,’ Continue reading “O’ROURKE WANTS CAR INSURANCE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTED ON”

James Lawless TD contributed to the Dail debate on Insurance today

His contribution is below :

“I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the insurance costs. I want to concentrate on the areas of public liability insurance, health insurance and general insurance. On public liability insurance, much has been made of the recent decision to award €40,000 to a hill walker, which was referred to by my colleagues in their contributions. That has generated a general concern about access to the countryside and walking routes and the fear this may be curtailed with attendant loss to the community and the tourism sector. That would be lamentable but I believe it need not happen.” Continue reading “LAWLESS SPEAKS ON INSURANCE COSTS IN THE DAIL”