Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2019

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

Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Quinlan:

The 80 people we have employed to fight exaggerated claims or fraud do so and we will bring the claimants to court. Despite the level of the fees we pay, even when someone walks away scot-free for something that was obviously wrong, that is what we do. The cases we report to the Garda are those that offer material assistance, as adjudicated by our legal counsel and head of fraud, who is a former superintendent with the Garda. We could tick a box, dump over all our claims and say we report every single one. We saw what the Criminal Assets Bureau did to the criminal fraternity and we need the same in the form of a dedicated fraud unit in the Garda. It will not change anything if we just tick a box and send over everything.

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