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

12:55 pm

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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In the headline figures included in her opening statement Ms O'Donoghue quoted €18.9 billion for 2014, outside the €600 million in administration costs. Is the reduction from €20.1 billion accounted for largely by reductions in income supports or do other reductions in the Department account for that lower figure?