Written answers
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Fraud
5:00 pm
Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings on social welfare fraud that would have to be made in order to restore in full the Christmas bonus for welfare recipients. [16998/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is estimated that the payment of a full Christmas Bonus of 100% would cost over €220 million this year. The Department has already set an ambitious target for control savings this year of over €580 million and it would not be possible to secure further savings of the magnitude required to meet the cost of a Christmas bonus.
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