Insurance Industry

284. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedures involved for insurers and intermediaries acting on their behalf, to verify driver numbers and disqualifications against the national vehicle and driver file held by his Department, for renewals, quotes and new policies; if a request must be made in writing by insurers for access to his driver file records; the protocols involv…

285. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for Gardaí to have access to the Irish Motor Insurance database using Garda mobility devices, to real-time data on the status of a driver’s licence, including disqualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/25]

286. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe in law for commercial-company vehicle owners to provide their motor insurer with the driver number of all insured on a policy in order to renew their insurance or take out a new policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10794/25]

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 …

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 insuranc…

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…

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 legisl…

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 ma…

270. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the anomaly in health insurance costs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4998/25]

718. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that Uisce Éireann should be held accountable for the claims it is responsible for, to ensure that people are not left facing the cost of losing their no-claims bonus and being forced to pay an excess by insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/24]