Mr. John McKeon:

That is what will come through when we do the review of the pandemic unemployment payment. We did implement some controls so we checked people's prior engagement with the Department and made sure that dates of birth, residency, personal public service numbers, PPSNs, and bank account details were correct. We had a good look at cases were multiple claims were going into the same bank account. Once we were over the initial hump, we then implemented checks with the Revenue Commissioners against prior employment and employment earnings. It is a much more controlled scheme now than it was back in March and April but in March and April we really had to prioritise-----