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:
The potential certainly exists for us to do that. We have not done so yet because the file is not live but there is extensive provision in Revenue and social welfare law for exchange of information for the purpose of payments. If, for example, we were establishing a means assessment of a social welfare applicant and wanted further points of verification, we have the option of accessing that information.