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
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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With regard to social protection and fraud, I refer to Ms O'Donoghue's opening statement where she said that the three key elements are income support, activation of people of working age, and the control of fraud and abuse. Error is not mentioned in that statement.