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:

Can the Chair give me examples of that? I will ask Ms Leonard to comment as well. Certainly, that telephone line is permanently staffed. The data we get from the telephone system management are that calls are answered very quickly. We know that three quarters of the calls that come into that line are resolved on the phone with the claim being dealt with. About a quarter then get referred to a personal CWO. However, if there are examples of where there are problems, I ask the Chair to please give them to me. That is not something we would stand over, to be honest, if that is the situation.

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