Minister denies turning ‘blind eye’ to decade of fraud

MARY HANAFIN denied the Government had “turned a blind eye” to social welfare fraud over the past decade.

Minister denies turning ‘blind eye’ to decade of fraud

Fine Gael’s immigration and integration spokesman Denis Naughten accused the minister of presiding over a department which is seen as a “soft touch” for accessing fraudulent payments and easy access to PPS numbers.

“The scale of social welfare fraud revealed by Prime Time Investigates simply beggars belief.

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