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
Mr. John McKeon:
No. Those are the successful outcomes. I am drawing a distinction. There are two phases to an appeal, as has been described. The first phase is a review by the deciding officer and the second is an appeal. The 57% successful outcome rate covers both of those phases. Ms Gordon will comment on this, but the other point-----