Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012

11:25 am

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

We have not specifically done that because it is early days yet in terms of our engagement through the Intreo service. As I mentioned in my opening statement, we have not yet got that service rolled out throughout the country. The whole point is earlier engagement. Because we are profiling people when they present, it is earlier engagement through the employment services and, hopefully, earlier referral to some sort of support or training initiative. We can work out that kind of model and provide it.