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- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That is not the problem here though.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator McDowell, please.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Exactly.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I will call the Vote in a second.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The difficulty is that, realistically, each vote takes about 20 minutes between voting and everything else.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That is a valid point but it may not be the chosen course of action.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I call Senator Buttimer.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is due here at 7 p.m.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Who might that have been?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 1 is in the names of Senators McDowell, Boyhan and Craughwell and arose from Committee proceedings.
- Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for her very comprehensive response to the issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: As we have a quorum, we will commence. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I do not want to interrupt but a vote is being called in the Seanad and both Senator Conway-Walsh and I could participate. We can agree to suspend the meeting and come back at 6.30 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is okay so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We will keep going for a couple of minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I wish to clarify a few matters. There was talk that the national claims information database would be available in the second half of 2018 but now it is said that it definitely will not be before 2019.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Would it be unrealistic to expect it before 2019 at this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: One would hope it would be up and running. Obviously it will become more useful over time because one is relying on more volumes of data. Will it be the first quarter or first half of 2019?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. An anti-fraud unit was recommended. The Minister of State touched on it already but is he asking if we want to take gardaí off the beat or the front line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Update on Insurance Matters and Implementation of the Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We had representatives of the Alliance for Insurance Reform before the committee last week. I do not know if any of the Minister of State's officials got a chance to watch that meeting, and I presume he was doing other things. Point No. 8 of their submission states:The CIWG motor insurance reports promised a dedicated Garda unit to focus exclusively on the investigation of insurance fraud....