Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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512. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure followed by his Department if a traffic accident occurs whereby an employee of a community employment scheme is driving their own vehicle for the purpose of work and is not covered by insurance for such incidents which happened during the course of work; if his Department has had such cases; if it covered the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13453/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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If a person uses their vehicle for work purposes they are obliged to inform their insurance company. This situation is no different for participants of Community Employment (CE) schemes who are employees of CE Scheme Sponsors.

It is the responsibility of the CE participant to inform their motor insurers if they are using their car for business purposes and have their car insurance policy adjusted accordingly. My Department does not have any role in relation to covering road traffic accident costs in these circumstances.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.