Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

Prosecutions in some of these cases are ongoing. It is difficult to give too much detail about them at this point. We have provided an update on the four cases to the Comptroller and Auditor General. In one of the cases, on foot of investigation it was found that there was no evidence to support the allegation. The four cases then became three cases. In one case a member of staff was misappropriating - as a customer of the Department, the person was claiming a benefit to which the person was no longer entitled. In the other two cases, members of staff were allegedly misappropriating funds by making payments to others that were not appropriate.