Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. Despite the number of people on jobseeker's allowance, the figure in this context is just over €7 million for a whole year. Obviously, fraud should not happen. The figures in respect of the State pension and carer's allowance are €1.5 million and just over €1 million, respectively, and include overpayments. People would be surprised to learn that fraud does not amount to hundreds of millions of euro. It comes to approximately €19 million across all schemes. This figure needs to be reduced, but it is not large.