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Social Welfare Inspections

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020

Thursday, 1 October 2020

Questions (209)

Claire Kerrane

Question:

209. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of inspections carried out by social welfare inspectors in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the nature of the inspections carried out; and the number of the inspections which were house visits. [27954/20]

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Written answers

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number and nature of inspections carried out by social welfare inspectors for the years 2012 to date is not available in my Department.

This relates to differences in the way investigations were recorded in the past and the fact that some investigations may have passed through multiple officers between starting and ending.  However, I can provide you with the overall numbers of control reviews carried out by my Department in each of the years in question (Table below). 

Control reviews can be carried out by Social Welfare Inspectors, Deciding Officers and other officers of my Department. In many cases a single investigation may be worked on by a combination of these different officers, including inspections by social welfare inspectors. Consequently, it is not possible to disaggregate the number of inspections carried out by social welfare inspectors from the overall number of investigations.

Year

No. Reviews

2012

1,196,184

2013

1,105,197

2014

1,148,354

2015

1,105,314

2016

948,216

2017

754,525

2018

742,265

2019

609,025

YTD Aug 2020

331,640

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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