Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance
12:55 pm
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
We are keen that people understand the discretion relates to the assessment of the claim in the first instance. Where legal and appeals processes are in place, they should understand the relevant issues and that the discretion does not apply to the application of the appeals outcome, which was the case in this instance.