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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: An Garda Síochána is relying on the insurance companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Regarding investigating fraud, if someone becomes aware of fraud, what mechanism exists for that person to report that information? I am referring to the case of someone having an insurance claim for a trip or a slip in a nightclub while at the same time it is the talk of the town that the same person is going on holidays and bungee jumping. Insurance companies use private investigators in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: The person making that complaint will then be expected to turn up in court and make a statement. That is a reasonably serious deterrent for many people who do not want to be caught giving information regarding their neighbours and other people of whom they are aware. There is no mechanism to disclose concerns about somebody anonymously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I appreciate that vexatious complaints may have no grounds. If someone is aware of information, however, he or she will often not want other people to be aware that a complaint has been made. The insurance companies have told us about examples, and I am sure An Garda Síochána also has examples, of one family being incredibly accident prone, to put it mildly. That could also apply...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I will just tease this out a little more. If an insurance company is aware of these things and does not bring that information to An Garda Síochána, is that company guilty of an offence? I am referring to the company not bringing the information to An Garda Síochána and allowing it to make a judgment concerning how far to go with a complaint. If an insurance company has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: My point is that they should.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I will conclude on this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: On insurance fraud which accounts for 3% of the total, is it mostly concerned with motor insurance or does public liability insurance also form a part of it? We hear of cases involving diligent business owners who are facing claims where someone claims to have slipped. Video footage then appears which shows one friend hitting another in a fight and that was how a tooth was knocked out, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: To conclude on the point, I refer to businesses such as Supermac's, nightclubs, pubs and restaurants which use closed-circuit television, CCTV, footage to prove to someone that he or she has no case and he or she has gone away. Mr. Twomey recommends that these companies should bring that information to An Garda Síochána and state they want the person involved to be prosecuted or at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Twomey.

Seanad: Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, to the House once more.

Seanad: Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: The Minister is very welcome back.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: If Senator Norris would like to say it again, he is more than welcome to do so.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: We do not need to discuss it for too long.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Is it agreed that amendment No. 103b is being withdrawn?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: There is potential for some 60 more votes so-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: There may be an end-of-term feel about the place at the moment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Let us not inflame the situation.