Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I forgot about an amendment that I hoped to propose, which I proposed previously on the Employment Appeals Tribunal and recovery of payments. The State loses out in unfair dismissals cases because when an award is made the social welfare is deducted from the payment but the State never gets the money back. I will table an amendment on the issue on Report Stage. A substantial amount of the overpayments recovery from last year was due to the recovery of an overpayment of a week’s worth of fuel allowance. That was the equivalent of approximately €12 million.