Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It sounds like a natural enough evolutionary process. I notice there are other overpayments as well, including supplementary pension overpayments. At year end it was €2.6 million, which is similar to the 2014 figure of €2.8 million. There were 320 cases found when the Department's superannuation section carried out a review of pensioners aged over 65 who are in receipt of the supplementary pension. Why did they receive supplementary pension payments when they would also have been in receipt of a State pension?