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
Mr. John McKeon:
There are two reasons: is it an essential expenditure and second, have they got income such that they could reasonably afford to pay it from their normal income. They are the two determining factors. I do not say this has happened, but if somebody came in and said they wanted money for gym membership, we would probably say no.
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