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A review of how the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (the Department) gains assurance that individuals are correctly classified for PRSI was conducted, including a review of PRSI determinations and compliance work.

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

This is a report showing a Review of Jobseeker Payments, specifically, a Review of the administration of Jobseeker cases in local offices is a normal part of the audits of social welfare spending, and aims generally to confirm, on a sample basis, that payments made are in line with claimants’ entitlements. In addition, the review sought to establish to what extent the ongoing significant increases in the number of persons registering as unemployed was impacting on the service provided to clients and on the level of control being exercised over payments.

This is a report on the Recording and Recovery of Welfare Overpayments.

This is a report showing a Review of Welfare Overpayment Cases which reviewed the extent to which, in a sample of large overpayment cases, the Department might have avoided the overpayments by using information it already held on its information systems and conducting reviews in accordance with its own preset schedules.

This is a report analysing the Overpayments and Prosecutions overseen by the Department of Social & Family Affairs.

This is a report examining issues around Personal Public Service Numbers, Agency Services Encashments, Overpayments and Prosecutions.