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
10:45 am
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
There are two different avenues of pursuit. If we refer a case for prosecution, it is prosecuted by An Garda Síochána through the courts. Under the disciplinary process we can also pursue issues against individuals with an investigation and the full rigour of the disciplinary process. One of the categories under the disciplinary process is fraudulent behaviour.