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:
We share the Deputy's view, if I can put it that way. When this was originally introduced, we followed the UK model. That was in 2014. In the UK at that time, as I understand it, the recoverable benefit was limited to loss of earnings. Having spoken to a colleague in recent months on this, I understand that they have moved away from that and that it is now not just linked to the loss of earnings - the entire claim that is open. They do not separate it out. I would need to confirm that, but it is what a colleague has described to me.
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