Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the Minister's own words. She said nothing about industrial estates. She stated that the Department will be looking at areas, such as checkpoints, in estates - nothing about industrial - and on roads, early in the morning. Is the Minister telling us that this will be part of the present multi-agency system or will it be a separate initiative by the gardaí, on behalf of the Department of Social Protection, where the gardaí will be directly involved in stopping and questioning persons on suspicion of social welfare fraud? How will it work? The Minister keeps referring to the multi-agency checkpoints. Wherever the gardaí stop and question persons, will they have to be part of a multi-agency operation or can they do it on their own as a result of this initiative?

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