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They cannot afford their insurance premiums and therefore have to pay on a monthly basis. Like those who are forced to pay their motor tax periodically rather than annually, they are hit on a secondary level. The problem is particularly acute in constituencies like my own and that

high. Health insurance is out of reach and causing significant problems, especially for people over the age of 60. The cost of motor insurance is increasing at a rate double the EU average. There have been double-digit increases in a single year. In the first six months … over €40 a week out of their pension of €260 or €270 a week. It is substantial. Some of these people paid 60% tax rates back in the 1980s. Health insurance companies are introducing not one and not two increases in the cost of insurance in a year

Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 29 July 2025, if the exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant, under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is available for people to apply and access immediately