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:
If I may explain the process, we have a team of 33 medical assessors who are specialists in this type of work. They make the best assessment they can, based on the available information. If they do not have the information on which to make an assessment, they are not allowed to recommend the grant. There is a bit of a chicken and egg factor here.
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