Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There does not seem to be much concern about the tens of thousands of jobs that are currently under threat because of the exorbitant increases in insurance premiums. As my colleague has said, this is not the first Bill that has come before the House to address this. My party brought forward the Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018. In that, in the event of a claimant being found to have a fraudulent or exaggerated claim, the judge shall make a report to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Government never accepted it. If the Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019 was enacted, claimants found guilty of making fraudulent claims would have to pay the legal fees of the defendants. I have written to the Minister about this legislation. I have raised it on the Order of Business. The Minister is nodding in disbelief or seems to be saying that I am somehow wrong but the fact is that I raised it on the Order of Business.

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