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4 July 2016

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Protesters demand action on 'rip-off' motor insurance hikes

PROTESTERS took to the streets of Dublin on Saturday to demand action on skyrocketing motor insurance prices which has seen some premiums rise by more than 200% in recent months.

Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan, who spoke at the event organised by Ireland Underground magazine, accused the Government of being 'asleep at the wheel':

“The State makes people have car insurance but thinks that it can turn a blind eye to the rip-off that is rampant in the industry,” she said.

“For months and months they told us they had set up a review but only last week Michael Noonan confirmed to Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty TD that they haven't even started looking at the reasons for this increase. Meanwhile, young people are being forced off the roads and small businesses can't afford to hire people to drive their vans.”

Recently a Fianna Fáil motion, significantly amended by Sinn Féin, was passed by the Dáil in June and mandates the Government and the Oireachtas Finance Committee to investigate spiraling mortgage costs:

“We have had enough of rip-off Ireland,” the Dublin MEP said, “Sinn Féin will continue to work to get to the truth. We will continue to fight for a system that can’t rip people off – a system where insurers have to explain any increase in policy.”

“Today the message is clear to Michael Noonan to the Central Bank and to the insurance companies – we have had enough and there were will be no chance of us driving off into the sunset on this one,” she said.

Car Insurance protesters Merrion Square

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