Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dail to discuss the revelation in The Sunday Tribune that major insurance companies are using former and serving members of the Garda Síochána to pressurise motor accident claimants to settle their disputes rapidly at reduced cost to the companies; are using an incentivisation scheme to induce claimants' solicitors to persuade the claimants to accept reduced settlements, contributing to massive profits for the companies in question; and to enable the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a statement and answer questions on these serious matters and the memorandum of understanding between Axa Insurance and the Garda Síochána.

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