About

Role of the Committee

The function of the Committee is to monitor the implementation of the Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) Regulations, to attend to any queries arising and to deal generally with matters concerning professional indemnity.

All solicitor firms in private practice must have professional indemnity insurance cover in place from a participating insurer. Since 1996, every solicitor has been required to have PII in place in order to be issued with a practising certificate. Solicitors employed within the State who provide legal services to and for their employers only, who are not solicitors, are exempt from having to obtain professional indemnity insurance cover.

The current minimum level of cover is €1.5 million, each and every claim.* All cover is on a claims-made and notified basis. Accordingly, the policy in place at the time of notification or initial ascertainment of a claim is the one under which the insured is indemnified against for that particular claim.

The Committee carries out its functions in accordance with published Rules of Procedure.

* The cover currently provided by the Assigned Risks Pool differs from that provided on the open market, as described under Frequently Asked Questions.

Members & Secretary

Chair: Bill Holohan SC

Vice-Chair: Sonia McEntee

Members

  • Derek Gately

  • Maria Lakes

  • Nuala McAnally

  • Lorna McAuliffe

  • Shane Neville

  • Louise O’Reilly

  • Lorraine Rowland

  • Adrian Shanley

  • Brendan Twomey

  • Grace Toher

  • Niall Connors

Lay Member

Jim O’Mahoney

Consultant

David Curran

Secretary: Sorcha Hayes

Contact Us

The Law Society has put in place a helpline to assist firms in dealing with the professional indemnity insurance renewal process. The helpline can be contacted by phoning 01 879 8707 or emailing piihelpline and is available Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.

If you have any queries for the Committee, please contact the Committee Secretary, Sorcha Hayes, by email or alternatively by telephone at 01 672 4800.