Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011
10:55 am
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I believe 2% to 3% of fraudulent cases are referred to prosecution.
I asked the liaison officer to check in a different jurisdiction and look at what its rate is. There is a massive difference. Scotland was the one we looked at. The referral for prosecutions in Scotland was about 34%. Of that, probably 30% to 40% were prosecuted in criminal courts. I look at Irish figures of 2% to 3% and see that they are very small compared with that other jurisdiction.