Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012
11:35 am
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
How does Ms O’Donoghue think the fraud proceeded? People are entitled to have legitimate claims processed as fast as possible, but the general public and those in receipt of legitimate payments are entitled to know that the system operates with integrity. What has the Department done with its new anti-fraud strategy that is new and creates a system that will stand up to scrutiny and get results? One has to ask whether there is room for improvement on the figure of 0.5%, or €41 million out of a budget of €20 billion. What is new?
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