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:

There is an inspectorate, the special investigations unit, SIU, headed by a principal officer, that is completely targeted at the detection of fraud. The person reports to the assistant secretary for control.