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

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Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Figure 10.3 is very useful as it shows that the fuel allowance, back to education allowance, respite care grant and domiciliary care allowance have never been audited. While they may be smaller schemes, expenditure on them exceeds €100 million in each case. For example, expenditure on the fuel allowance was €228 million in 2013.

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