Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015
9:00 am
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Do we know exactly where responsibility lies for the overpayments? We are detailing clearly the taking of sick days, etc. but in any organisation basic internal controls should pick up on these issues and report accurately on them to the payroll section. Where does responsibility lie to ensure the correct information gets to the payroll section?