Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013
10:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I seek clarification on the question raised in relation to overpayments. There were 377 overpayments in 2013 in respect of farm assist. Five claimants were overpaid to the tune of €600,000, which gives an average overpayment of €120,000.
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