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 Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Our issue is solely taxpayer's money and services to the people. It is not a gold star for one Department and a slap on the wrist for the other. It is a case of working together and getting the optimum outcome because we cannot have inconsistencies in the determination of schemes which ultimately discriminate against people. That is the issue.

Mr. McKeon said that in terms of communications, the Department has good schemes and it announces things. There was the fraud scheme but I want to address something different. I heard the invalidity pension advertisement recently. Was that by Mr. McKeon's Department?