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

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

I can give the committee the actual figures. The response to the trial was low, 14% responded to us. Of the 14%, a total of 31% indicated a preference to migrate to electronic funds transfer. We are talking about small numbers. It was more to see what kind of communication would generate a response. The critical aspect of this exercise is that nothing would happen to anyone who did not respond. In other words, it was an entirely voluntary engagement with us.

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