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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...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: On insurance fraud, a figure was given of 1,500 to 2,000 over the past three years. What was the specific number? There have been 50 insurance fraud matters arising since last October. What percentage of all fraud does insurance fraud comprise?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Twomey is saying that only 50 of the 1,500 cases relate specifically to insurance fraud.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Demand led. Representatives of the insurance companies were before us last week. Some of them stated they reckoned up to 20% of claims were fraud related, yet we find that the fraud related complaints referred to An Garda Síochána account for only 3% of what happened since last October. There were 1,500 in total, and only 50 of those related to insurance fraud. There is...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: If the demands on An Garda Síochána from reported insurance fraud increased significantly, would the force then look at the need for a specific, dedicated insurance fraud unit within An Garda Síochána?