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This chapter details payment irregularities discovered in schools in relation to the School Meals Scheme.

This chapter outlines the management of redundancy and insolvency schemes debts under the remit of the Department of Social Protection.

This chapter documents details in relation to the level of irregularity of social welfare payments and how the department assesses and estimates this level of irregularity.

This chapter documents details in relation to the level of irregularity of social welfare payments and how the department assesses and estimates this level of irregularity.

This chapter examines overpayment trends in recent years and the progress by the Department in implementing recommendations from previous examinations of its management of overpayments.

This chapter examines the Department of Social Protections effectiveness in accurately recording overpayment debts, recovering amounts due and prosecuting cases where there is evidence of significant fraud.

This chapter documents details in relation to the level of irregularity of social welfare payments and how the department assesses and estimates this level of irregularity.

This chapter reports the results of a review of the Department of Social Protections progress in relation to the introduction of a risk based control policy in relation to Supplementary Welfare allowance.

In this Report the management of claims under the State Pension (Non-Contributory) scheme was examined. The main aims of the examination were, to verify, based on examination of a random sample of cases, that the payments made under the scheme were correct and conformed to the scheme conditions, to assess if the controls over the payments are adequate, given the nature of the scheme, and that they are being applied as intended and to confirm that where payments in excess of entitlements are detected, they are recovered to the maximum extent possible.

This report examines the Department’s debt management and criminal prosecution processes to establish its effectiveness in identifying, recording and recovering welfare payment debts, and in prosecuting fraud cases.