Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to move on. The Central Statistics Office, CSO, gives a figure of 11.6% of the population, or over 500,000 people, as living below the poverty line. The Department of Social Protection is responsible for the social safety net, if you like. Does Mr. McKeon think those figures are acceptable?

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