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:
The policy recommendations and the reviews have been held up pending the High Court cases because we need to get clarity from those. As Ms Faughnan mentioned, we were also hit by an influx of new claims. We prioritised clearing those. We now have the claims under control, with the number pending decreasing from more than 3,000 to approximately 1,500. In the coming months, we will return to examining policy and the review process with the implementation group.
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