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:

We have shared those figures with An Garda Síochána in the past, and we will do it again when we have updated our figures. We do not have responsibility for enforcement, but what we can do is pass on the information. What we have seen is that using social and digital media is a very cost-effective way for us to do it. We are not for profit, so we are trying to do it in a cost-effective way. We have done online advertising targeting 18- to 30-year-old males and their female influencers. We talk about the ANPR technology that is here and will be bolstered, how people are more likely to be caught, and the penalties for being caught driving uninsured: the five penalty points, fines, prison and the vehicle being seized. We also talk about how an uninsured driving claim will stay with you for a long time. You might not be in means now, but we will get a judgment against you, and then that judgment will stay with you for 12 years. If you want to get a car loan or a mortgage, that is sitting there in the background, or if you came into money down the line, we can execute-----

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