Social welfare probe as more than €25m overpaid to people who have died  

Social welfare overpayments worth €25.6m made to dead people were uncovered by the Department of Social Protection in 2025.

Of this, nearly €24.7m related to pension overpayments to over 1,500 pensioners who had passed away. The data was provided to Aontú TD Paul Lawless following a parliamentary question to social protection minister Dara Calleary.

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