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

I thank the Minister for providing those figures, which demonstrate what many of us have long since realised, namely, that the overwhelming majority of people in receipt of social welfare payments behave honestly and that fraud is a minority activity, accounting for less than 3% of the overall social welfare spend. How many prosecutions have taken place in the past few years? Has there been an increase in prosecutions? The special investigations unit was set up in 2012. Has the incidence of the recovery of social welfare overpayments resulting from fraud increased significantly as a result of the activities of the unit?

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