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:
Absolutely. There are a couple of different mechanisms. Obviously, somebody can complain to the local office depending on whether the complaint is against an individual or whether there is a view that the office is acting inappropriately. There is a divisional management structure. We have 13 divisions in the country so each divisional manager has responsibility for a range of local offices, so the facility is there to contact that person. We also have a complaints area, online or by telephone, in our customer service area in Sligo, so somebody can contact us there or, indeed, as they do, they can write to me.