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
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
Mr. McKeon provided the amount of the PRSI arrears bill since the unit was established in 2019, which now stands at just over €2.83 million compared with €1.13 million. It is beyond cost neutral in those particular cases. Mr. McKeon said in the construction and beef sectors, it did not find the kind of numbers expected. I understand that but, as Mr. McKeon qualified, it may be that people have put themselves into corporate structures, which is a different thing entirely. I think of the C2 process - I do not know if is still the C2 process - for the construction sector and the nature of the industry.
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