Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 September 2021
493. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of one parent family payments that were referred to social welfare inspectors for further investigation or which required further information in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and the number of payments that were disallowed as a result in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [44197/21]
View answerAll schemes administered by the Department – including the One parent Family Payment (OFP) - are subject to control reviews and eligibility checks. This is a normal feature of my Department’s control work on schemes and payments.
The numbers of OFP claims referred to Social Welfare Inspectors (SWI) for further investigations which required further review in the years 2018 to 2020 are outlined in Table 1 below. The numbers of claims disallowed or where the payment rate was adjusted following SWI reviews for those years are also shown in the table.
Table 1:
|
Year |
Referred to SWI for further investigation or which required further information |
Number of claims disallowed |
Number of claims where payment rate was reduced following review. |
|
2018 |
14,059 |
976 |
1,653 |
|
2019 |
11,824 |
953 |
1,505 |
|
2020 |
6,676 |
398 |
507 |
I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
