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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: I thank the Chairman and welcome Ms O'Donoghue and her officials. I will go back to Deputy Deasy's line of questioning on the public services card. I found the figures interesting. There have been 1.4 million cards issued, so 62 cases is an extremely small number. The anecdotal evidence is that identity fraud and cases of multiple claims by a single claimant, with people signing on, for...

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: Absolutely. Does everybody who is currently in receipt of welfare payments have a public services card?

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 had the pleasure of getting a public services card with Eoin Browne in Galway a number of months ago - I will not comment on whether I will need it or not. What is the process for making sure someone does go in and get one? Is there a timeline or a target set, where someone is written to and told that if they do not sign up for a public services card when they have the opportunity to do...