Insurance Industry
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-10
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Robert Troy (FF), Longford-Westmeath

To be fair to the insurance industry, and we quite frequently stand to criticise it, providers introduced a voluntary code of practice in this area back in December 2023. It was on the back of that voluntary code that we were able to see the difference the right to be forgotten makes to cancer survivors. We have brought forward provisions in the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 to put that voluntary code on a statutory basis. It is my intention to bring the Bill to Committee Stage within the next couple of months at the very outside. It will make a very real and meaningful difference to people who have survived cancer diagnoses and come out the other side by ensuring they are able to get on with their life and avail of a mortgage. I do not have the figures to hand but in the 12- to 18-month period after the introduction of the voluntary code, something in the region of 1,200 people benefited. It is a really significant improvement and I hope to be in a position to bring the Bill to Committee Stage within the next two months.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-10