Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the Garda Operation Headrest; the number of persons arrested and charged in line with this operation; the number of successful convictions secured to date; if the operation is still ongoing. [28338/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Headrest, which commenced in 2010, is a joint operation between An Garda Síochána and the Department of Social Protection targeting particular fraudulent claimants on the social welfare system. The Garda investigation was conducted by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and involved searches of dwellings, seizures of documents, arrests and detention of suspects resulting in charges being brought against a number of persons which resulted in successful prosecutions.

The operation is ongoing and investigations are continuing.