Insurers must cut costs to get details on errant drivers

THE Government won’t release information to insurance companies on motorists who have incurred penalty points, unless there is a reduction in premiums.

Transport Minister Séamus Brennan will refuse to give insurers a register of offenders until he gets a guarantee that costly premiums will fall for safe drivers. Insurance companies want details of repeat offenders in the new penalty points system that begins today.

“The minister would be very anxious that there is something in this for drivers who abide by the law. He will meet with companies in the next few weeks to discuss this,” a spokesperson said.