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

1:25 pm

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

As the Comptroller and Auditor General pointed out, the scheme is structured along particular lines. It is historic in terms of the segmentation. If there are issues, we can examine them. It has operated along these lines for some considerable time.