Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I welcome any suggestions for control measures but I am not sure this needs to be included in the legislation, so I do not propose to accept the amendment. I will follow up on the idea the Deputy has raised and if it helps to save money I will certainly implement it.

I also suggest there might have been an onus on the daughter to indicate to the Department that money was being received in error, particularly if the house had been vacant for a long time. Families all over the country indicate to the Department when they receive money in error. She might have done this rather than just complaining about how it had happened. Even with the best control measures in the world, things can slip.

I welcome the Deputy's suggestion and we will consider it, but it is not necessary for the legislation.

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