Results 121-140 of 831 for garda speaker:Pearse Doherty

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?

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

Pearse Doherty: I will rewind a bit. Mr. O'Rourke says that AIG reported all fraudulent claims to the Garda. There were ten cases in 2018, which is 3% of AIG's overall personal injury claims. Is he saying that only 300 personal injury claims were made?

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

Pearse Doherty: Mr. O'Rourke said that all suspicions of fraud were reported to the Garda. Does AIG therefore believe that other 440 cases that are not in the courts system were not fraudulent?

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

Pearse Doherty: ...need to read section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011. It is not for insurance companies to decide whether the evidence reaches the threshold for prosecution. That is a matter for the Garda and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. The witnesses and their companies have a clear responsibility to report any suspicions of fraud to the Garda and allow its members to do the work for...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...in that regard. Nevertheless, this meeting is about the industry and I wish to address the figures, not anecdotes or stories. Mr. Farrell stated Aviva reported 100 fraudulent claims to the Garda. What proportion is that of the overall number of suspected fraudulent claims?

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

Pearse Doherty: .... What percentage of claims made to the company does Mr. Farrell believe are fraudulent? What proportion of the total number of claims made to Aviva are the 100 cases that were reported to the Garda?

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

Pearse Doherty: ...mean the 800. I am asking for the ratio of fraudulent claims to personal injury claims made to the company. There are 4,000 personal injury claims each year and Aviva reported 100 of them to the Garda, which is 2.5%. Is that correct?

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

Pearse Doherty: Let us say somebody makes a fraudulent claim, which is a crime. Aviva believes that passing on the name and address of the criminal and the details of the crime is not of material assistance to the Garda, whose job is to prevent and detect crime.

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

Pearse Doherty: I return to the question of what happens to the 700 that Aviva does not report to the Garda.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vehicle Registration (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts taken by his Department, An Garda Síochána and the relevant tax authorities to resolve a matter further to a reply received in response to representations made by this Deputy on behalf of persons regarding the issue of vehicle registration (details supplied); when this Deputy can expect to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by insurance company. [35954/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the public to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [35955/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of defendants investigated in incidents of insurance fraud reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [35956/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of units in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau that assess insurance fraud as opposed to other categories of economic fraud and crime. [35957/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent staff tasked with investigating and prosecuting instances of insurance fraud in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau by personnel, including gardaí, sergeants, detectives, financial investigators and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35958/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a stand-alone Garda insurance fraud unit consisting of six gardaí, one sergeant and an adequate and suitable number of detective superintendents and-or detective inspectors in addition to qualified financial investigators. [35960/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...person provided information on three occasions to the insurance company but the insurance company does not want to hear about it. Obviously, the individual in question needs to report this to the Garda. This amendment will actually stop such cases because the insurance companies will have to notify and engage with the individual about a claim against them.

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

Pearse Doherty: The guidance on reported suspected fraudulent insurance claims within An Garda Síochána's code of practice with the insurance industry states "an offence of deception relating to exaggerated claims takes place" and it goes on to say where it takes place and should be reported. Should claims that are believed to be exaggerated and which are defined as fraud be reported?

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

Pearse Doherty: Are people ever prosecuted under section 19 for failing to inform the Garda of activity that would be relevant in the prosecution of a crime, particularly one of fraud?

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

Pearse Doherty: If the industry reports a claim, they also have to follow it through. They have to appoint somebody, work with the Garda district inspector, report it to national level, and stick with the claim, which creates a burden on the industry.