Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013
10:00 am
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:
Every case is looked at on a case management basis in the context of rent supplement by us. I do not doubt the Chairman at all if he is suggesting there are ten cases where, by virtue of discretion not being exercised in rent supplement terms, people have ended up in a hotel situation. Absolutely, we will look at that and see why the kind of discretion available was not exercised.