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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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One moment. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report reads: "Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable to carers of children under 16 that have a severe disability that requires constant care and attention substantially in excess of that required by another child of the same age." Is the Comptroller and Auditor General's report wrong?