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
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
Constituency offices of politicians might be a good target for finding out more because we know what additional work is generated and people tell us that calls to the Department are not being answered.
The housing assistant payment, previously rent assistance, is another function that has transferred to the local authorities in large parts of the country. This transfer will have freed up departmental staff.
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