Pearse Doherty
Ceist:
143. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports received by An Garda Síochána of insurance-related fraud since October 2018 under the guidelines for the reporting of suspected fraudulent insurance claims by insurance entities to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11245/19]
Amharc ar fhreagra
The Deputy will appreciate that reports of insurance-related fraud are received by An Garda Síochána, and statistics are not held by my Department.
I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the information sought by the Deputy, and my officials will forward this information to the Deputy directly on receipt of same.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question 143 of 6 March 2019 in which the Deputy asked for the number of insurance fraud related reports made to An Garda Síochána by insurance entities, since the introduction of the new guidelines.[1]
The Deputy will recall that I requested a report from An Garda Síochána into this matter, which is now at hand. I have been informed that, in the period 1 October 2018 to 28 February 2019, there were 19 incidents of insurance companies reporting insurance claim fraud, as per the stated guidelines. An Garda Síochána have advised that crime counting rules[2] have not been applied to this data.
I hope this information has been of some assistance.
[1]
Reporting of Suspected Fraudulent Insurance Claims by Insurance Entities to An Garda Síochána
[2]
https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/surveybackgroundnotes/gardarecordedcrimestatistics/
