Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time signing slips are kept by her Department for persons working part time and claiming a social welfare payment; if these slips are routinely destroyed at any point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45978/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Signing dockets completed by part-time workers are currently retained by my Department for up to seven years. This policy is under review as a consequence of the introduction of new scanning technology arrangements which allow for the capture and storage of scanned images which lessens the requirement to retain paper-based documentation over longer periods of time.