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Under a 2014 statutory instrument, the Department is entitled to recover the certain benefit and assistance payments provided to an individual who subsequently receives a compensation award for those injuries. This report examines the operation of the scheme and the extent of recovery of payments by the Department.

This report examines the impact on the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) of the misclassification of workers, by reviewing the guidance in place to determine employment status, the extent of self-employment in the economy and compliance activity undertaken by the Department of Social Protection and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners.

This chapter examines the results of control surveys of social support payments by the Department of Social Protection and the impact of Covid-19 on the scheme controls.

This chapter examines the pandemic unemployment scheme, including an assessment of the effectiveness of controls, the outcome of the risk based reviews conducted and whether there is likely to be a material level of irregular payments in 2020.

This report provides an overview of the Department’s activities targeted at detecting and deterring fraud and error; examines the operation of the control activities; and outlines the outcomes of the control activities.

The 2017 audit of the appropriation account of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection identified overpayments of jobseeker's allowance to claimants in the 18-25 age category. The report notes that this resulted in an estimated €1.2m in overpayments for 2017.

The report refers to a material level of irregularity of social welfare scheme payments and sets out the estimated levels of excess payment for each scheme found during the latest control surveys due to suspected fraud, error or medical ineligibility.

This chapter examines, on foot of reporting of the misappropriation of Irish Aid Funds in Uganda, the controls systems in place in respect of bilateral assistance provided under Vote 27 International Co-operation.

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 the results of the audit of overpayments carried out as part of the audit of social welfare schemes.