Crackdown on welfare fraud saves €345m

ALMOST €345 million was saved in a crackdown on welfare fraud and payments made in error in the first seven months of 2011, the Government revealed yesterday.

Crackdown on welfare fraud saves €345m
Tue, 30 Aug, 2011 - 01:00
Noel Baker

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said the savings came after a review of 350,000 individual social welfare claims.

The news came ahead of further measures aimed at limiting the possibility of welfare fraud, including a fraud control plan to be launched in September.

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