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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: We look after the ordinary people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Doherty's comments are not reflective of the facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I believe that an independent economic analysis would inform the work of the committee on this project and I would be very supportive of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I do not want to go into the report-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----but the initial report stated that the committee could not come to a definitive position because of the lack of available data. This independent report will inform us in that regard. That finding was taken out of the second report. That is a fundamental change in the reports. I put it to Deputy Doherty that if we are serious about acting collectively as a committee, we should do our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: On a point of order, the financial implications section has been removed completely between the first and second drafts. It was section 7, but it seems to have disappeared into thin air. According to paragraph 24 of that section in the first draft, the committee noted that a detailed impact assessment of the Bill had not been carried out, thus hindering us in our consideration of the Bill....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. We agree with a lot of what is in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Chairman proposing that this report go to the select committee on Thursday?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the committee have to make a decision as to whether we would like an independent-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: At what time will we meet on Thursday?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Twomey and Mr. Lordan. What is the number of insurance related fraud incidents reported by either insurance companies or members of the public to date?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: In what period?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: That is what I am really on about.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What type of fraud is covered in the figure of 1,500 to 2,000 incidents reported in the past three years?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to deal specifically with insurance fraud. How many incidents of insurance fraud have been reported? I refer specifically to bogus claims.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Some of the claims could involve three people in a car.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Over the last nine or ten months there were approximately 50 in total.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Would these have come directly from the insurance companies?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Do they come from insurance companies across the board or do they come from specific insurance companies?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: To what areas do they relate?