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 will refer back to my earlier point and, hopefully, say it more elegantly. Currently, approximately 22,000 people are on community employment schemes throughout the country. In 2012, which was the height of the recession, we had 21,000 on such schemes. Almost 1,000 more people are on community employment schemes now than in 2012.

JobPath has been introduced since then. When one looks at it at an aggregate level, there is no apparent impact.