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
2:05 pm
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
The point is that we have moved away from the varied practice across the country; instead, there is no separate provision for clothing related to a religious ceremony. There is a very limited amount of money - around €50 - for clothing for a child under a general provision. If it was an exceptional need, it might be applied for. However, it does have to be exceptional.