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 matters in that regard - first, the service being provided and, second, the outcomes. We have a minimum service guarantee which is specified in part of the contract. It sets out the minimum range of services that should be provided for jobseekers, one of which is sitting down with them at computers and going through vacancies with them. There are many other things as well. If that is all they are doing, I want to hear about it.