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
11:05 am
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
As I said previously, it is more than just that warning in so far as what we have been trying to introduce in our internal processes from date of claim in terms of engagement is concerned. The use of data analytics to detect fraud is highlighted in the reports we provided to the committee. I accept that this is detection rather than deterrent. Our tools to detect fraud are becoming more sophisticated.