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
Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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A bugbear of mine relates to cases where a person applies for carer's allowance to look after a loved one and provides all necessary medical evidence but is informed it will take three or four months for payment to issue. Why does the process take so long?