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:
The Deputy will recall that there was a spike in Covid-19 towards the end of 2021. It was in that context around the time of the budget that it was thought that maybe it would be a little bit risky to risk reducing the budget when we did not know what the outcome of the particular spike would be. Therefore, it was a provision. It was never intended that would necessarily be spent but it was a provision in case. If we had not provided for it and then needed it-----
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