The Expert Working Group on the Integration of the Tax and Social Welfare Systems was established in July 1993 by the former Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare. The terms of reference of the group are:
To identify the problems arising from the interaction of the tax and social welfare systems and to identify the steps necessary to achieve greater co-ordination/integration of the two systems, with particular attention to the impact on people's incomes, and to the tax code, social welfare system, budgetary and administrative implications.