IFI accused of throwing employee 'under the bus' over uninsured car involved in crash

Audit found some 15 vehicles hired by IFI between June 1 and July 27, 2021, were uninsured.

Inland Fisheries Ireland “threw an employee under the bus” by failing to notify them and the gardaí that a vehicle involved in a road traffic accident was uninsured, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Dáil’s spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), was told by Ireland’s waterways regulator it was “not aware of an obligation” to notify the gardaí. The committee heard a Garda summons was sent to the employee related to driving without insurance.