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:

We continually look at our processes to see what we can do in that regard. The only note of caution I will sound is that a significant amount of evidence must be provided, both in terms of the level of care that is required and the means of the individual. It is not just a straightforward matter of making a decision based on a form that has been submitted.