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
Mr. John McKeon:
It is backdated and applicants in the interim would have access to supplementary welfare allowance, or what is called the basic payment. It is not perfect but it provides income support that is very close to what they would get on disability allowance in any event. The full amount would be backdated.
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