Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)
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That is unbelievable. The IFI allowed a staff member to receive a summons in relation to an uninsured vehicle. It received official confirmation on 16 November 2021 that the car was uninsured. Despite the former CEO, Francis O'Donnell, notifying the public accounts committee on 6 July 2023 that he knew on the day of the accident that the vehicle was uninsured, the member of staff received a summons after 16 November 2021. The fact of the matter is that the IFI did not produce that documentation to An Garda Síochána or the staff member. The witnesses are now saying that they did not understand that there was a legal obligation. Of course, there is a legal obligation. False documentation was provided to the staff member who then in turn provided it to An Garda Síochána. What we ultimately have now is a staff member of the IFI - reading between the lines - being thrown under the bus for this.