We need your help to drive our shop insurance costs campaign forward.

The new judicial guidelines on personal injury damages implemented in April should mean a significant drop in costs when you renew your shop and motor insurance policies.

The guidelines, signed off by the Judicial Council in March, delivered an estimated 50% reduction in minor injury damages. Insurance premiums are based on future risk so every accident that happened since April 24, plus the majority of claims that were in the pipeline at that date, will be subject to the new guidelines. This means the risk associated with every new liability or motor policy in Ireland has dropped significantly and this should be reflected in the price of those policies.

Now that one month has passed since the new guidelines were implemented, RGDATA is asking members to take part in a 1 minute survey to find out if the benefits of the reform have been passed on – has your insurance premium reduced on renewal? 

Click here for our insurance survey

All you need to complete the survey in under 1 minute are the cost of your renewal and the cost of last year’s premium.

RGDATA and AIR will use the information gathered to inform our interactions with Government and drive our campaign for insurance reform on.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley was one of the 250 people who took part in a Collaborative Town Centre Health Check webinar on Compulsory Sales Orders – a system used in many other EU countries to free up vacant and derelict town centre buildings for reuse as part of a Town Centre regeneration plan.

Experts from Scotland and the Netherlands explain how CSO is helping them to reimagine and reuse old derelict buildings.

Click on this YouTube link to watch the recording.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley will attend a briefing with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar at 7pm today (1/06) to discuss the Government’s Plan for the economic recovery.

If there are any issues you want raised, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 6.30pm today.

RGDATA complaint to Competition & Consumer Protection Commission re “false, misleading and deceptive” Aldi “swap & save” campaign.

RGDATA has made a second complaint to the CCPC regarding the Aldi “swap & save” campaign claiming it is in breach of the Consumer Protection Act 2007. You can read the letter here.

National Lottery Retail Agents all around the country should be proud to see the news this week that sales of the National Lottery products in our stores have helped contribute an incredible €6 Billion to good causes throughout Ireland.

Speaking at the National Lottery announcement, Minister Michael McGrath said: "When the National Lottery was launched in Ireland in 1987, very few people would have foreseen the incredible impact it would have in every community, parish and town throughout the country. Over the last 34 years, thousands of communities, sports clubs, individuals and organisations have benefited from National Lottery funding and I am delighted to announce that funds raised for Good Causes in that time have now exceeded an impressive €6 Billion. These funds continue to play an invaluable role in funding Good Causes that support our communities across the country".

Click here to view the press release 

A public consultation on new EU rules about how companies make sustainability claims has been launched by Minister Troy.

You can see a webinar about the consultation here

RGDATA was one of the seven trade associations that participated in a presentation to the Low Wage Commission (LWC) on 5 May to highlight the challenges facing SMEs and the need for no increases in the National Minimum Wage in January 2022 to give SMEs a chance to recover from the bruising impact of Covid 19; Brexit and the prolonged lockdowns. RGDATA is the founding member of the LJA which includes ISME and representative associations for pubs, restaurants, hotels and shops.

RGDATA has made a submission on the second round of consultations on the proposed Deposit & Return Scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans.

You can read the submission here.

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board ran a webinar on the new Judicial Guidelines and their expected impact on the claims that PIAB adjudicates on. RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley attended the webinar and RGDATA will make the presentations available to members as soon as they are circulated. RGDATA has made a submission on the reform of PIAB and continues to actively campaign for Government to progress faster with the Insurance Reform agenda.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley attended the Alliance for Insurance Reform members update meeting to discuss the latest progress in the campaign to reduce insurance costs and claims.

You can read the short update on progress to date here.