Govt needs to urgently provide clarity around the requirements for motor insurance policyholders after Brexit, Dáil debate told
Minister for Transport Shane Ross needs to urgently provide clarity around the requirements for motor insurance policyholders to carry "green cards" after Brexit, the Dáil debate on the Brexit omnibus legislation has heard.
Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said a lot of people are "very, very angry" to hear that they are required to carry a piece of international documentation to cross the bridge between Lifford, Co Donegal and Strabane, Co Tyrone. He said that the EU and the British government need to reach consensus or agreement that in the event of Brexit that motorists will not require the cards.
Mr O'Dowd suggested that all insurance companies send out green cards to all policy holders because "the worst case scenario is that cars will be impounded" when they cross the Border after Brexit and are not carrying a green card.His Louth colleague Imelda Munster, also a member of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, said this will cause "uncertainty and gross confusion."
"So the insurance industry, in terms of their own contingency planning some time ago made it clear that in order to facilitate cars to drive from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland, which essentially will be a drive out of the European Union, they need to provide proof of insurance cover.
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