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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Breathnóidh mé ar sin. To return to fraud and error, I think this issue has been clarified and Mr. McKeon has been very fair. I find myself disagreeing with the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on reviews and medical reviews to a certain extent. This is the first time I have disagreed with him in the nearly two years I have been on this committee. I am more on Mr. McKeon's side in respect of what he has said on various matters, and on domiciliary care in particular. The area of fraud and error has been teased out by my colleagues. Is it fair to say that error, rather than fraud, represents the higher percentage of overpayments?

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