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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 7 Nov 1984

Vol. 353 No. 7

Written Answers. - Fraud Cases.

560.

asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the amount of money known to have been lost to his Department through acts of fraud emanating from (a) within and (b) outside his Department in the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and the general areas in his Department in which such acts of fraud occurred.

No money is known to have been lost to my Department through acts of fraud during the period in question.

561.

asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht the amount of money known to have been lost to his Department through acts of fraud emanating from (a) within and (b) outside his Department in the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and the general areas in his Department in which such acts of fraud occurred.

Ní raibh aon chaillteanas mar sin seachas i gcás amháin mura n-éireoidh le hiarracht chun cuid de dheontas a fháil ar ais ó dhream lasmuigh den Roinn.

562.

asked the Minister for Communications the amount of money known to have been lost to this Department through acts of fraud emanating from (a) within and (b) outside his Department in the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and the general areas in his Department in which such acts of fraud occurred.

The information requested is as follows:

(a)

(b)

£

£

1980

Nil

14,546

1981

183

18,401

1982

7,816

14,936

1983

2,273

14,213

The general areas in which such losses occurred related to misuse of official cash and irregular negotiation of savings certificates and other payable instruments by staff of the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs and to fraudulent savings bank withdrawals and irregular negotiation of money orders and postal orders by members of the public.

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