Perjury To Become A Statutory Offence Under New Action Plan On Insurance Reform
66 recommendations have been made to tackle insurance fraud.
The measures also include new guidelines on the appropriate levels of personal injury awards but it does not put a cap on figures.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee hopes making perjury a statutory offence will increase communications between insurance companies and Gardai:
"What we saw in recent years [was] that there was very little engagement between the insurance companies and the Gardaí so they were not aware of where fraudulent claims had been made. So I think that increased engagement, but also as the Tánaiste has outlined the putting perjury on statutory footing will help, I suppose, create that link between the insurance companies in particular cases with An Garda Siochana and obviously that engagement is key."
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