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:
We currently have approximately 150,000 or thereabouts people in receipt of disability allowance. I think from memory that we get approximately 20,000 applications per year. Do not quote me on that but maybe the chief appeals officer who deals with the process, which I believe is what the Deputy is most interested in, can come in.