Public finances - Waste costs the taxpayer

Nobody should be surprised that the annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has again highlighted waste of public funds by State agencies.

Public finances - Waste costs the taxpayer
Tue, 20 Sep, 2011 - 01:00
Editorial

The Department of Social Protection overpaid €83.4m in 52,603 cases last year.

Almost €26m of that was attributed to welfare fraud, involving 15,899 claims.

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