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

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9:00 am

Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

There are 50,000 people in receipt of rent supplement, not all of whom will transfer. There will always be a rent supplement scheme. The overall expectation is that approximately 35,000 will be on HAP and about the same number of people on rent supplement.

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