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
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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There is other legal advice on this. I know that Mr. McKeon is probably aware of this and has probably had it quoted to him over the past few weeks. There is a legal opinion that states that in layman's terms, if the contract was in place before 2014 and is not altered substantially, there is nothing to stop the Department from continuing with that. Many of these services have been in place for a decade or two and have not changed substantially. What would Mr. McKeon say to that?