Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 January 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund
9:30 am
Mr. John McKeon:
I do not have the figure in front of me but a relatively small number do not have to do so. Some Ukrainian refugees have been moved around quite a lot, which means their local post office changes often. The other thing we do is bring everybody into our offices to sign once a quarter. There is a physical signing procedure. Even if they are not getting their payment at the post office, they have to turn up to sign at our offices at least once a quarter.