Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Just let me finish putting the facts on the record and we will discuss it then because the full picture did not emerge the last day.

We then have the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which has €3.2 million in uncollected overpayments. That is an average of €2,177 per person. The total figure for the Garda Síochána supplied by the Comptroller and Auditor General last night is €1.8 million, which is an average of €1,711 per case. The figure for the Department of Education and Skills, which deals with teachers' and non-teachers' pay and pensions, is €5.7 million but I do not have the figure for the exact number of people involved.

In addition to that €15.633 million, I do not see the Health Service Executive, HSE, mentioned, which accounts for one third of the public service. The figure is probably over €20 million. We will first write to the HSE for the equivalent figures. I will call Deputy Kelly shortly, but will the Comptroller and Auditor General explain the reason the HSE is under the Department of Health and that Department does not include the HSE overpayments? It appears that other agencies under Departments are not included either. This €15.633 million figure is three times higher than the one we discussed here last week, but it excludes over 110,000-----