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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 5 Nov 2002

Vol. 556 No. 3

Written Answers. - Insurance Industry.

Brendan Howlin

Ceist:

118 Mr. Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main features of her action plan for the insurance industry, announced on 25 October 2002; her views on whether the interim Personal Injuries Assessment Board has sufficient powers; the timetable for the implementation of the different elements of the plan; her views on whether these are adequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20354/02]

The main features of the reform programme for the insurance industry, which I announced on 25 October 2002, are the establishment of a ministerial committee, chaired by myself, to oversee the implementation of the reform programme, including the 67 recommendations of the MIAB report; publication of an action plan to give effect to the MIAB recommendations within a target timeframe; establishment of a personal injuries assessment board on an interim basis, pending preparation of the necessary legislation to put it on a statutory footing; and publication of the report of the implementation group of the personal injuries assessment board. Attached to the press release about my reform programme, which was issued on 25 October 2002, was an indicative, non-exhaustive list of tasks for the interim PIAB. The interim PIAB would clearly be free to add to that list in drawing up its work programme. The question of powers, as opposed to tasks, will come into play when the PIAB is being set up on a statutory basis.

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