The Alliance for Insurance Reform has criticised the Government's decision not to include plans for legislation on duty of care in its Spring legislative programme.
The organisation said the Tánaiste had pledged that the general scheme of a bill on the issue would be brought forward by September of last year, but it never materialised.
It said the decision not to include in the forthcoming programme of new legislation means there is unlikely to be any meaningful progress on the topic this year.
"As well as the missed opportunity on duty of care, the Government has long-fingered the promised reform of PIAB onto the "All other Legislation" list, which means further delays on legislation originally promised for July 2021," said Peter Boland, director of the alliance.
"So, the only piece of legislation regarding general insurance in the Spring 2022 programme is the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which is essentially an administrative Bill."
Businesses say that occupiers of properties are now regularly assumed to have an absolute duty of care when it comes to visitors to their premises, such as customers and clients.
This has led to the concept of personal responsibility being significantly diminished, they claim.
"It is clear that the Tánaiste and the Minister for Justice have dropped the ball on insurance reform, missing deadline after deadline under their own Action Plan for Insurance Reform," said Sinn Féin finance spokesman, Pearse Doherty.
"This is while small businesses, sporting organisations and community groups continue to close down or struggle due to the lack of affordable insurance."
A spokesperson for the Minister for Justice said head of bill on duty of care have been sent to the Attorney General and a response is expected within weeks.
