C&AG finds lack of anti-fraud policies around €500m-per-year housing assistance payment

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There are no anti-fraud policies in place around the State's €500m-a-year housing assistance payment (HAP), the national auditor has found.

The report from the Comptroller & Auditor General finds that "information on error and fraud relating to the HAP scheme is not routinely collected or published", and there are no formal measures around the detection of fraudulent claims, if they exist.