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
12:35 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department’s Fraud Initiative 2011 to 2013, Progress Report 2012 refers to enhanced legislation and additional powers introduced under the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012. One of those additional powers was the ability of social welfare inspectors to exercise certain functions at ports and airports to deal with what is known as welfare tourism. What impact has this initiative had to date?