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

Mr. John McKeon:

I do not think anyone could find an economist who would argue with Deputy Connolly that the free market is, in that sense, a misnomer. There is a cost, whether it relates to IDA Ireland providing grants, tax reliefs or the Department providing employment support. These are areas where the State steps in. If the market were completely free or if we let it be completely free, we would be back with-----

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