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
1:25 pm
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
It is - the assistant secretary with control responsibility. Control is about combating fraud. The principal officer I am talking about has operational responsibility for the unit but the control policy is all about how we detect and deter fraud. The person has national responsibility but every assistant secretary with operational responsibility must give effect to the kind of control policy determined by the central unit.
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