Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms
9:00 am
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Looking at the witnesses it is looking good.
I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive report. I am not sure whether there is a double message as we are being smothered by an amount of paper, but certainly the report is welcome as it includes an overall view. I thank the witnesses for their positive statements on the social welfare system, including that it covers a lot more than the people on the dole and fraud. There are two sides to it, namely, the Social Insurance Fund and the social welfare budget. The amount involved is more than €10 billion. Does the Department need less money as more people are now working?
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