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

The ministerial brief which the Minister received on his accession to office and which was shared with the rest of us details seven full pages of anti-fraud control measures in which the Department is engaged. It also gives us the interesting figure that more than 1,000 staff in the Department are employed directly in the control area and that 1.1 million reviews took place last year. Therefore, there is much ongoing activity. As I said, I will return to the matter with the Minister's officials tomorrow when we debate this section. The idea is to publish the list within three months after the end of the quarter in which the offence is successfully prosecuted and the offender convicted. What is there to prevent others from using the list and consistently publishing and republishing it constantly? Can the Minister give us any guarantee in that regard?

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