Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The secondment of the gardaí directly to the Department of Social Protection is the new initiative. The multi-agency vehicle checkpoints have been increased quite significantly in recent years.

In case the Deputy is in any doubt, I made it clear that the estates I was referring to are industrial estates. In this case, those being approached - the Revenue Commissioners made the same approaches - would be driving commercial vehicles and there would be checks to see whether drivers are also claiming social welfare. It has happened, for instance, where somebody was signing on sick when stopped by the multi-agency vehicle checkpoint and the person acknowledged having only begun working and merely having not had the time to go down to the local social welfare office to sign off.

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