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
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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The range is somewhere between 0.5 % and 5% but the average is 2%. It is noted that the Comptroller and Auditor General sees the 2% figure as material - in other words, it is enough to merit attention. However, the witness makes the point that in international comparison, it is not out of kilter. Can I have a breakdown then? The percentages are on the right-hand side.