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

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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Does Mr. McKeon not see the difficulty he has created? It has been said in the past that sometimes officers get tired if they are not getting the information and close the case too quickly but when Mr. McKeon comes in here and makes a statement about stakeholders possibly advising clients to withhold information, he cast an aspersion on a group of people. I do not know. It may not have been a wise comment to make. He has created a difficulty by making the statement and it is logical when a statement is made that it is pursued.