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

11:45 am

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

Again, because of new management controls which the Department had put in place and through audit procedures. I stress that it is now a very significant feature of our internal audit programme. I am very glad to say I have received considerable assurance from the audits that have been carried out under that programme since 2012 that this is not widespread.

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