Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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We are now in different times and this is a genuine case where a person has been diagnosed with something about which they can do nothing. The only way of making sure there is a roof over their head is to get an income to pay the mortgage on the house.