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. Andy Harkness:
The Department conducts fraud and error surveys which indicate an excess of payment in excess of entitlement. Where that occurs to a material or significant level, we apply a threshold of approximately 1% of expenditure, which is the same for all audits we conduct. If that is exceeded, there is an expectation that we would draw attention to that in our report.
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