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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 251. To ask the Minister for Health when respite service provision will resume for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40764/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority is considering the introduction of a dedicated bus service under the LocalLink brand to service the route between Glenties and Donegal town in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40761/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trans European Transport Network Programme (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a formal request from officials in Donegal County Council to meet with a view to discussing the proposed TEN-T priority route improvement project, specifically the Ballybofey, Stranorlar Bypass component of the scheme; if so, when he is likely to be in a position to facilitate such a meeting; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I want to pick up on some of those numbers again, starting with Mr. Brennan. He said that the company suspected fraud in approximately 200 cases. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In what period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In terms of the other 100 cases, did the company believe, on further inspection, that there was no fraud involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The company paid out on the other 100 cases. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There were around 100 claims that the company believed were fraudulent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What percentage do those 100 cases represent of the overall number of personal injury cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is 3% in terms of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. I am only looking at the number of claims as such but I understand the point Mr. Brennan is making about the value. Zurich believes that in 3% of its personal injury claims it found sufficient evidence of fraud. In those 100 cases, the company did not pay the claims. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: They were not paid because the company believed it had strong evidence that they were fraudulent. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Only four of those were reported. The company believed there were around 100 fraudulent cases but it only reported four of them, or 4%, in 2018.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I do not understand this. Here we have an insurance company that did not pay out on claims that were made because it believed those claims were fraudulent. They were not paid out so those involved did not get any money. They obviously did not challenge that but only four of those cases were reported to gardaí. How does that sit with section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is not about whether Mr. Brennan is happy to work with the Garda or provide further information. There is a legal obligation on insurance companies to report suspicions of fraud. Mr. Brennan's company, Zurich Insurance, determined that there were 100 fraudulent claims made in 2018 and in 96% of those cases the information has not been passed on to the Garda. Zurich is therefore in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We heard from Zurich that 3% of its 2018 claims were fraudulent. What percentage of claims did AIG believe to be fraudulent, following investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. O'Rourke saying that AIG reported every claim it believed to be fraudulent to the Garda?