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
10:35 am
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Am I right in saying the mortgage interest supplement scheme was essentially a preventive measure to help people to avoid falling into serious arrears? Despite this, the Department changed it last year such that a recipient had to be in arrears for 12 months, negotiate with the banks and have an arrangement in place for a further 12 months. One then has to be well in arrears before one becomes eligible.
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