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

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

You are very hard on me on time, Chairman. It is shocking. I think you have favourites.

Could Ms O'Donoghue speak to the figures relating to farm assist payments? It was stated that 10.4% of the total payment of €88 million was in excess of entitlement. Could she tell me what type of fraudulent behaviour was involved?

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