Joe Walsh
Question:157 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of cases of detected fraud recorded by his Department in the past year; and the total amount of money involved. [12302/96]
Vol. 466 No. 7
157 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of cases of detected fraud recorded by his Department in the past year; and the total amount of money involved. [12302/96]
Social welfare expenditure in 1995 amounted to some £4.2 billion. The total value of overpayments attributed to fraud in 1995 was £11.6 million and comprised 10,820 individual overpayments.