Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, however, stated of the 63,000 claimants in receipt of overpayment, fraud is suspected in 38% of cases. That would put the figure involved in fraud near 20,000. Considering that only 675 cases are in the courts system, it seems a significant amount of fraud cases are not actually prosecuted. Are agreements made to settle these cases before they get to court?

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