Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised)

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The combined total for the three schemes in this year's Estimates is €688.4 million.

The back to work family dividend scheme is not ending. On control measures, we had overpayments in 2018 of €107 million, of which suspected fraud amounted to €29.7 million. The figure for recoveries is €86.3 million. The Deputy asked how many recipients of the invalidity pension were self-employed but I do not have that figure here. I will have to revert to him on that, if that is okay.

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