Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

May I clarify that for the benefit of the committee? The information is from the Minister for Justice and Equality. We have got the information from the Garda. The Minister says that in the period between 1 October 2018 and 28 February 2019, there were 19 incidents of insurance companies reporting insurance claim fraud as per the stated guidelines. An Garda Síochána has advised that crime counting rules have not been applied to these data. I refer to recording the data on PULSE. However, while they are not accounted for on PULSE, as should be the case so we can have ease of access, they represent the total number of claims reported by the insurance industry. In my view, that is concerning. Either they are not taking this seriously enough or there is another reason.