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 Alan DillonAlan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Social Protection is one of the largest Departments and has more than 6,000 staff. What percentage of its staff have been working remotely for the past 21 months and what impact has that had on service delivery?