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
Mr. John McKeon:
It depends on the outcome and on what is required. One of the difficulties will be that we currently have approximately 3.5 million users currently of the public service card, most of whom use it for welfare and other purposes. Trying to distinguish those who are only using it for purposes other than welfare might be quite difficult.