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:

There are two different registration fees. This is as much about protecting the State's interest because we do not want one provider asking, "Since they charged X amount and we charged X minus, why do we not try to get our fees increased?" We have got to keep the figures confidential. It is protecting the State's interest.

I acknowledge people have different views on JobPath. The actual remuneration model is an outcomes-based model. Other than the registration fee, which, as I said, is less than 10% of the overall fee, they only get paid-----