Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about very large sums of money. We have to ask An Post to confirm and verify identities. When people are going to collect such payments, it would be advisable to bring some form of identification with them. I am aware that there have been many informal arrangements during the years. As the Deputy and I know, there has been significant movement of people around and in and out of the country and, as Minister for Social Protection, I stand over asking An Post to verify identities in order to deter fraud and errors. The message must be sent that An Post is doing this job for all those who pay tax and PRSI.