Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

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

Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Michael D'ArcyMichael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The major recommendation is that a new set of guidelines be drawn up between Insurance Ireland, the Garda and the DPP. It should be ensured in particular that any case dismissed in court on the grounds of false or misleading evidence, whether under section 26 or otherwise, is automatically at least considered for investigation by the Garda. It would be an automatic investigation, notwithstanding the different thresholds to be reached in civil and criminal cases. A new set of guidelines will be drawn up to standardise and improve the development of cases for submission to An Garda Síochána.