Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 September 2018
228. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made to implement a recommendation by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38887/18]
View answerThe Cost of Insurance Working Group proposed exploring the possibility that a specific unit, funded by the insurance industry, be established within the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) to tackle insurance fraud.
I understand that the GNECB has engaged with Insurance Ireland in relation to this matter and submitted a mechanism for establishing an insurance fraud unit to Insurance Ireland in the first half of 2017. Following receipt of the reply from Insurance Ireland in July 2018, I met with the GNECB and the Assistant Commissioner, Special Crime Operations, on 30 August to discuss this recommendation further.
I understand that, at this stage, the Garda Commissioner has yet to form a view on the recommendation, and no proposal or recommendation has yet been submitted to me as Minister.
