Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am glad. My next question follows on from this. When will we have a system of identity cards for those collecting social welfare in order to prevent fraud? We need to do something. Money is valuable now and people are under extreme pressure. Those who need social welfare should get it, but those who are defrauding the social welfare system are taking money from the Minister's pocket and from everybody else's pockets. I want to make sure that social welfare goes to the people who should have it.

I ask the Minister for a breakdown of the savings made in the area of fraud and overpayment. How much of the overpayments were as a result of mistakes by the Department and how much were due to fraud?

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