Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

9:30 am

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When one looks at how this is structured and divvy it out that is what the figure boils down to and we have looked at it extensively. The figure may vary from county to county but certainly that is per employee how it has been worked out and I will explain. Approximately there is a caseload currently of 150 with nine guidance officers and their workload currently is 1,350 and under the new scheme they have worked it out to be 438. Yes, it would be different for each county.

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