Cameras to focus on dole claimants

PLANS to install cameras in dole offices as part of a drive to streamline payments and stamp out fraudulent claims have been unveiled by Social Protection Minister Éamon Ó Cuív.

Up to 120 facial image capture software systems with cameras and webcams will be used by local offices under the initiative.

The department is also finalising plans for a nationwide public services card, which will hold images of welfare recipients taken by the office cameras.