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
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I ask for a note on the matter. While I do not have an issue with the service provided, it is unusual that the Department does not have a direct public office in County Laois.
We heard that the ballpark cost for the public services card will be €60 million. Is €20 a valid cost for a public services card? When it commenced, did the Department think it would spend €5, €10 or €50 per card? Did it have any idea of how much it wanted to spend on each card?
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