Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Chair. My final question to the Department relates to payroll overpayments, which is a common issue in my experience. There is clearly a discrepancy between the number of payments that have been made and the number of recovery plans, full repayments or both that have been made. Can the witnesses highlight to the committee the reason for that? Given the reduction in the number of personnel in the Department in the period in question, what is being done to minimise the overall number of incorrect payments that are being made? Could the witnesses outline briefly any particular rationale or reason for those overpayments in the first instance?