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The evidence in relation to the incidence of excess payment of social welfare was examined with a view to establishing the overall scale of the problem, and the implications for the regularity of expenditure reported in the accounts of the Vote for Social and Family Affairs and of the Social Insurance Fund. The examination also reviewed the adequacy of the measures used by the Department in relation to its performance in managing the risks of excess payment, and the effectiveness of its control activity.

This report summarises expenditure on social welfare from the various accounts, indicating the source and application of the funds applied over the past four years, together with 2010 projections.

This is a report on the National Treatment Purchase Fund, the report examined the procedures in place to validate the waiting list and the arrangements for the cost-effective procurement of treatments by the NTPF.

This is a report on the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, including the Environment in which the Service Operates and the Organisation of the Service. The report reviewed whether the service as currently structured delivers its service efficiently, reaches the target population (low-income families who are in debt or at risk of becoming so) and has had its effectiveness assessed.

This is a report examining the Transfer of Welfare Functions, especially the progress to date on the execution of the Government decision.

This is a report showing a Review of Jobseeker Payments, specifically, a Review of the administration of Jobseeker cases in local offices is a normal part of the audits of social welfare spending, and aims generally to confirm, on a sample basis, that payments made are in line with claimants’ entitlements. In addition, the review sought to establish to what extent the ongoing significant increases in the number of persons registering as unemployed was impacting on the service provided to clients and on the level of control being exercised over payments.

This is a report on the Recording and Recovery of Welfare Overpayments.

This is a report on Welfare Payments in Excess of Entitlement, examining the number and results of fraud and error surveys completed, the estimated level of payments in excess of entitlement in each base year surveyed compared with the amounts recorded for recovery action and the results of the Department’s control activity in 2008.

This is a report compiled to consolidate the information about expenditure on social welfare from the various accounts into a single document to provide an overview against which the Appropriation Account information can be assessed.

This is a report showing a Review of Welfare Overpayment Cases which reviewed the extent to which, in a sample of large overpayment cases, the Department might have avoided the overpayments by using information it already held on its information systems and conducting reviews in accordance with its own preset schedules.