Woman defrauded welfare of €58,000

A home care worker used another person’s PRSI number to fraudulently claim almost €60,000 in benefits, a court heard yesterday.

Christina Mulhall, aged 58, from Lower Sean McDermott St, Dublin 1, was prosecuted by the Department of Social Protection and will be sentenced in February.

She pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to charges under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act for unlawfully obtaining benefits on various dates going back to 2007.