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
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I apologise for not being here for my earlier slot as I had to attend oral questions in the Dáil. I thank Mr. McKeon and his colleagues for being here.
I have a brief question on the public services card. I note that at the time the Data Protection Commission published its renowned report that the cost up until 2019 were declared as being €67.8 million within the ten years existence of the card. However, the recent cost benefit analysis of the project sets the cost at €98.4 million. Is there a reason for the substantial jump of over €30 million?
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