Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have a very limited amount of time so if the witness does not mind, I will direct particular questions at him. The narrative has not changed in terms of people who make contact. It is the point I make. Customer satisfaction in people's minds might relate to something from a shop not fulfilling what is supposed to, for example. There is a different kind of mindset. There are particular Departments with which people do not like to have a serious engagement. We hear that people will fill out the form but they do not want to rock the boat with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection because they seem themselves as being in a vulnerable position. What would the witness describe as full employment?

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