Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015
9:00 am
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
As the Deputy will appreciate, the structure of the payments to young people at the moment is such that there are age-differentiated rates, but there are also increased rates available for people who take up education or training opportunities, so there are opportunities for people to move into higher payment rates.
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