Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011
11:25 am
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
There are two aspects to this. The Deputy is correct that it is not our scheme. It is a British scheme and the judgment has just been made. The implications are still being assessed. As we are in regular contact with our colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions, we can certainly raise the issue with them. Pensioners with either contributory or non-contributory pensions may be in receipt of a British pension with a top-up Irish pension.
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