More than €111m overpaid by Department of Social Protection

Of the overpayments made by the Department of Social Protection last year, some €19.6m related to suspected fraud and over €69m was attributed to customer error. Picture: Denis Minihane

More than €111m was overpaid by the Department of Social Protection last year, over half of which was attributed to customer error.

That includes some €19.6m relating to suspected fraud and over €69m attributed to customer error, around €17m of which is attributable to Covid-related cases.