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
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I am sorry for pressing Ms O'Donoghue on this, but I need to know who is taking the lead. The Department is the paymaster relative to these boards. When we change the percentages into costs, it is clear there is a considerable cost in every board that is not getting down. Do they need these boards? Would that money be better spent on professionals to assist the clients rather than board expenses?