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

11:45 am

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

It depends on what the assessment shows in July. In previous reviews the rent limits have been reduced and reflected the changes that took place in the property market. With regard to the overall assessment, we would not expect to see too much change this year.