Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Public Accounts Committee
Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund
9:00 am
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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On that, does Mr. McKeon accept what the Comptroller and Auditor General says? It was very pointed. He stated:
The examination noted that medical control reviews of medically based claims are not being carried out as planned. When a claim is approved for payment, a medical review status should be assigned to it, indicating whether and when the claim should be reviewed in the future.