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This chapter examines the results of control surveys of social support payments by the Department of Social Protection, whether the level of irregular payment to claimants is material, and any other social welfare payment regularity issues arising in the year.

This chapter examines the processes the Department of Social Protection has put in place to address the risk of misclassification of employment status for individuals for PRSI purposes.

This chapter examines the results of control surveys of social support payments by the Department of Social Protection, whether the level of irregular payment to claimants is material, and any other social welfare payment regularity issues arising in the year.

This chapter examines the structure and control environment of the Job Initiative scheme and assesses the Department of Social Protection's strategy to wind down the scheme.

This chapter reviews the use of the Revenue real-time lookup system by the Department of Social Protection. This real-time payroll data is used as part of social welfare means and income assessments for claim applications and renewals and to identify any discrepancies in means.

The report examines ex-gratia payments totaling €1.425 million paid by the Department of Social Protection to 56 social welfare branch managers in 2022.

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 describes the funding of the Social Insurance Fund and the funds purpose, in addition to this it details how the fund receives an annual subvention to make up the deficit that occurs with the Fund.

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.