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 Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not blaming the witnesses' Department at all. The failure is on the other side.

Turning to the level of support available in Ireland in respect of social welfare across the board, a recent study shows Ireland is 60% ahead of the UK in the level of support for people on social welfare schemes. Do we have a comparable with other countries, outside of the UK, on that issue?

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