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

This was up from €24.5m in 2024, €23.9m in 2023, €17.5m in 2022, and €23.5m in 2021

Jobseeker’s allowance of €243,037 was paid to 12 deceased people. File picture

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.