Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms in place by which employers or recruitment agencies may report instances of suspected fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims to her Department. [15720/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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All of my Department’s schemes, including the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), are subject to on-going control reviews and eligibility checks. This is to protect the integrity of the social welfare system and to ensure that the right person is paid the right amount of money at the right time.

In March 2020, a reporting facility was established to allow employers to notify my Department of cases of suspected PUP mis-claiming by employees. This mailbox, C19EmployerReports@welfare.ie, provides a direct link to my Department for employers.

In addition, employers can report cases of suspected mis-claiming using my Department's online anonymous reporting facility at https://www.gov.ie/en/service/report-suspected-social-welfare-fraud/ or by telephone at 1890 927 999.

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.