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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Moving on from reports from the public, there is also the relatively recently established investigation unit with a number of gardaí. Can Ms O'Donoghue update us on the progress of that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Are there financial targets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: What would the figure have been without the Garda contribution?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: There is not an additional-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Is work also done with Revenue as part of special investigations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: If there is a revenue issue, then there can be a social welfare knock-on-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: I refer to Chapter 11 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the control of supplementary welfare allowances and the two audits of the social welfare offices in Clondalkin and Letterkenny. Some of the figures for compliance with documentation - holding the right documentation and having the files in order, so they can be reviewed - are not inspiring. Figure 11.5 looks at 57...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: When does Ms O'Donoghue expect the survey to be done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Next year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: It is clear from Chapter 10 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that a great deal of the Department's expenditure, approximately €2.6 billion, has never been subjected to a fraud and error survey. Chapter 10, paragraph 10, states: "The extent of fraud and error in schemes that have never been surveyed and which account for a further €2.6 billion of expenditure, is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Figure 10.3 is very useful as it shows that the fuel allowance, back to education allowance, respite care grant and domiciliary care allowance have never been audited. While they may be smaller schemes, expenditure on them exceeds €100 million in each case. For example, expenditure on the fuel allowance was €228 million in 2013.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: I will follow up Deputy Deasy's point on rent allowance and the tenancy sustainment protocol that was mentioned. The authorities in Galway are under severe pressure and yet the city does not have a tenancy sustainment protocol in place. Has the flexibility available to social welfare officers in Dublin and Cork been extended to other areas to enable social welfare officers elsewhere to show...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: Has a circular or communiqué been issued to community welfare officers indicating that they may use flexibility?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: How do these circumstances differ from those that apply in respect of the tenancy sustainment protocol?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: To be a little parochial, Galway has among the highest rents and one of the most vibrant rental markets in the country because it is a relatively small city with two third level institutions. The rental market in the city is under severe pressure. This is one of the issues that public representatives deal with all the time. Is there a difference between the flexibility that is granted to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: I will raise an issue that has arisen in the course of the meeting. The Department has undergone a radical change in recent years and, from personal experience, I believe it has dealt with much of it well. Community welfare officers have, in effect, become Intreo officers and taken over responsibility for community employment schemes. As such, they have acquired substantial functions in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: I thank Ms O'Donoghue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

Derek Nolan: The Chairman is much earthier today, I must say.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (9 Jun 2015)

Derek Nolan: 534. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to set up a task force to deal with anti-social behaviour in housing estates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21454/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2015)

Derek Nolan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill. It shows the implementation of the Labour Party agenda in government and in statute and the debate is very welcome. One of my most poignant moments in my job as a public representative occurred when I went down to the picket lines at the six Dunnes Stores outlets in Galway city a couple of weeks ago. I met the...