Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance
12:35 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I can accept any of those scenarios, which are extremely plausible. Beyond this being plausible in a general sense, however, the Department has no means of tracking. Obviously, the Department's figures show quite a dramatic drop of over €200 million in supplementary welfare allowance over two years in times that are still extremely tough for people. From a systems point of view, does Ms O'Donoghue have any other information other than those general observations? Does she see what I am getting at?
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