359. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the reason home insurance premiums on renewal are increasing for customers without any claims made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17110/25]
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20. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/25]
64. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the cost of insurance; if he will reconsider the proposed increase in personal injury awards by 17%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15087/25]
74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure insurance companies pass on the benefit of lower claims to customers rather than increase profit margins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/25]
79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s latest engagement with insurance companies and new insurance companies regarding the high cost of public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16110/25]
82. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the supports he will provide to those businesses which cannot secure insurance; the steps he is taking to reduce the cost of business insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6598/25]
87. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he is fostering a competitive, transparent, and consumer-friendly insurance landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16286/25]
41. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that insurance providers are applying an additional premium to vehicle insurance based on an individual’s Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14243/25]
379. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the position Ireland has taken during the recently completed review of Solvency II in relation to the extension of powers to EIOPA regarding cross-border insurance sales. [10566/25]
380. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the position Ireland has taken on the question of making EIOPA subject to parliamentary scrutiny at EU and Member State level. [10567/25]
400. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case for a review of the rules governing insurance premiums (details supplied). [11216/25]
442. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is considering to assist property owners whose premises may have previously been damaged by flooding and who now have difficulty in getting insured; the engagement his Department has had with insurance providers on the matter in the wake of severe weather events; if his Department has considered the establishment of re-insurance sche…
241. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to address increasing insurance costs across a number of different products, including motor, home and business insurance; the level of oversight that exists on insurance companies; and if he will provide details of the increased premium costs, in percentage terms, in recent years across a number of the main insurance products. [10436/2…
244. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he has outlined at the European Council the need to ensure that the day-to-day supervision of the European Union’s insurance industry remains the exclusive competence of national competent authorities appointed by each member state under national law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10495/25]
245. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any measures increasing the powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) regarding cross border insurance sales contain legal guarantees that national parliaments have the right to access all material produced by, or shared with, EIOPA in the exercise of such powers; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
42. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation for a “right to be forgotten” for cancer survivors, in order that they do not have to disclose their cancer diagnosis after five years, with independent oversight and penalties for companies who breach this right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9947/25]
94. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Finance the total number of insurance companies operating in Ireland that are registered with the Central Bank. [8206/25]
95. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Finance the name of all insurance companies that have signed up to the voluntary code published by an organisation (details supplied) which removes the requirement for consumers to disclose a previous cancer diagnosis after a period of seven years for adults or in the case of children, five years, in tabular form. [8207/25]
182. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if he can confirm if the Flood Insurance Bill 2021 has been enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7091/25]
274. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance the status of the Programme for Government commitment to legislate for the “Right To Be Forgotten”, which would require insurers to disregard a cancer diagnosis where treatment ended more than seven years prior to application; the timeline he is working towards in legislating; if this piece of legislation will be included on the Spring legislative programme; and…
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deliver on transparency and affordability in the insurance sector in the context of insurance premiums either remaining too high or increasing, and the pressure this places on households, community organisations and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/25]
29. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his plans to establish a new action plan for insurance reform. [5009/25]
37. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on any interaction his Department has had with insurance industry in relation to storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5084/25]
39. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the increasing prevalence of rising motor insurance costs on renewal despite no change in circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/25]
58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market, particularly in relation to reducing the cost of public liability insurance; his Department’s recent engagement with insurance companies and new insurance companies regarding the high cost of public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on th…