Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Insurance Fraud: Discussion

Mr. John Twomey:

I do not have that figure available to me here today. I do not imagine that there is a considerable increase over that number because the threshold is on the balance of probabilities. If it is probable that a crime has been committed, we will accept and record it as a crime committed and will commence investigation. That is different to the investigation, which is on a different balance of probabilities. The threshold for the recording of a crime is a different threshold than that for the prosecution of the crime.

We have a lot of liaison with the insurance industry and have a very good working relationship with it in dealing with all these claims because we are as intent as is the industry on ensuring that there is no fraud committed.

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