Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments

11:30 am

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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Okay. Mr. McKeon listed out all the different areas, quite helpfully. Many of our schemes are means tested or relate to specific things, but child benefit is a universal benefit. When the Department carries out reviews, to what do they relate? Is it about the residency of the child or how does it operate?