Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland

Mr. David Fitzgerald:

Certainly, they are still a feature of our claims book. We do not have statistical analysis in the way the Deputy is describing. We have a feel for the claims because we are looking at them all of the time. A common feature in some of the claims is that alcohol and drugs would come up regularly, and company cars would be a feature in some claims. They are certainly things we are well aware of, although we do not have an analysis of the breakdowns. Our primary focus is to look after the victims and get them their compensation. We are trying to raise the issues holistically, although we know we have a large cohort of males aged 18 to 30, so we try to target them through social media to explain the consequences of being caught driving uninsured, including that gardaí can seize vehicles.

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