Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Public Accounts Committee
Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I acknowledge that. I know it was dealt with already and I know Mr. McKeon cannot comment on the actions of a Minister or the Government. However, we had a high-profile campaign which attracted much media attention in suggesting the levels of fraud in the social protection system were potentially much higher than they were. There was a bus advertising campaign in which the words "social welfare cheats" were used. How much did this campaign cost? Whose idea was it? Did it come from a civil servant or was it more from the political sphere?
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