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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?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How many of those bogus insurance claims are currently under investigation and have not yet been cleared?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Who in An Garda Síochána investigates these cases?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Who is that liaison?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How long has he been in that post?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not a new post. It has always existed.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How long does it typically take to carry out an investigation? I am interested in that. Apart from the 50 cases that have arisen since October, are others still under investigation? What is the total number of cases under investigation?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Are those cases still under investigation?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I am more interested in knowing how many are still under investigation.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: How long do they typically take to investigate?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: They take approximately six months. The number of cases seems relatively low. Does Mr. Twomey regard that figure as low? We hear about major bogus claims and fraud but the number being advised to An Garda Síochána appears relatively low. Does Mr. Twomey regard it as low?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: We hear suggestions that An Garda Síochána should have a designated section to deal with insurance fraud only. Why has the Garda Commissioner not supported such a proposal? Why is he going with a divisional-led model? Will Mr. Twomey expand on that? When he is talking about that, will he expand on the number of personnel within An Garda Síochána who have skills in...