Restaurants urge Donohoe and Central Bank to intervene on Covid insurance payments

RAI says insurers should speed up payouts to hospitality venues suffering pandemic disruption

Restaurants Association of Ireland CEO Adrian Cummins said they are left with no option but to drag insurers into court one by one. 

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) is urging finance minister Paschal Donohoe and the Central Bank to put pressure on insurance firms who have agreed to pay out over Covid disruption to speed up their payments. 

It wants the authorities to have “a full and frank” conversation with insurers “with regards to speeding up interim payments".