Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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If they are challenging them because they think they are fraudulent, they have a responsibility, regardless of their challenge, to report that to the Garda under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act. What about the cases we hear of where someone is in court, he or she has been involved in an accident - or may not have been involved where it may have been staged or whatever or he or she has exaggerated the claim - where the judge does not award any compensation or money to him or her and her or she walks out the front door?

People will state that such individuals were chancing their arms submitting claims which, in fairness, the industry challenged and the judges involved found for the industry by deciding that they were not valid. However, the Garda does not go knocking on such people's doors to investigate them for fraud.