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
12:15 pm
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
When people are contacted and an interview is arranged, a proportion do not attend at the first time of asking. In many cases, that is for very good reason. We issue a second invitation to those who do not attend and at the second time of asking, the level of engagement increases greatly.