Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The report published on 24 November 2017 is all about customer fraud. I find the document referring to the supplementary welfare allowance more worrying. I will not read the name of the document because I do not like the title which refers to fraud. We have talked about the definitions used in compiling the report. The document states that the definitions have been aligned with the fraud and error methodology developed by the UK Department of Work and Pensions with oversight from the UK National Audit Office, as much as is consistent with the different legal frameworks, customs and practices in the two jurisdictions.

I hate to say which Minister, Department or party in England came up with these definitions, but that information seems to be used as a reference point and there is an attempt to align that with the wording in our legislation. Why did the person who wrote the report feel the need to refer to definitions from the UK's Department of Work and Pensions?