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:

I refer to employment that lasts at least 13 weeks and is of at least 30 hours' duration per week. This implies a full-time job. We pay over a period of four quarters, provided that the person stays in employment for the full duration of those four quarters.