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:
I will come back to the Deputy with the data but what I would say is that she does not see the cases that are approved on first application. All of the cases she sees are difficult ones and it is dangerous to extrapolate that those specific experiences are indicative of the general experience. It would not be the general experience but we will come back to the committee with the data. Overall, 85% of claims, not specifically domiciliary care allowance claims, are awarded at the first stage.
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