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
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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What is the cost of the review and the whole appeals process? As I said, in my opinion it is an industry. If that percentage of applications goes to appeal, the amount of time, energy and finances involved must be extraordinary.