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

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10:35 am

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

Again, the critical point is that this is a short-term scheme. The majority of recipients are only in receipt of the allowance for a defined period. There is no attempt to wind it down.

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