Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 January 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund

9:30 am

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Not at all. I am trying to decide which question to come to first. I will start with the Domino's Pizza case and the misclassification. There have been a lot of accusations made at this committee with regard to the use of test cases. Both the Comptroller and Auditor General and Mr. McKeon have said very clearly at this meeting that test cases are not used to assess social welfare obligations. However, that continues to be contested publicly. I am sure Mr. McKeon is aware of those very public cases, both in the media and online, and the suggestion from the whistleblower who appeared before the committee, Mr. McMahon, that this is not the case. Rather than asking Mr. McKeon questions, I want to give him an opportunity to respond to the public suggestion that was made, which was not only that test cases were used, but also that Mr. McKeon misled the committee in some way with regard to their use.

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