Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will finish on this point. We heard evidence before the committee from the marts, which FBD insures. We had a number of pieces of evidence, but the one I recall was of a claim whereby somebody was injured by a horse in a field, FBD settled with that claimant and, obviously, the mart's premium went up dramatically. The mart does not own a horse. The incident had nothing to do with the mart. It argued with FBD not to settle the claim, but FBD took the easy way out. I am saying this to the witnesses present but we have countless examples of other insurers that settle such claims.