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 Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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From the Department's point of view, the system works very well in terms of its attachment orders. We have not mentioned that today. I have to say that I am aware of cases where having gone through the Ombudsman where a decision was contested, the decision came back to the Department and the Department then wrote to the individual and within 24 hours, it has its money. I have seen cases of that happening.