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# Overpayments

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# Overpayments
Years of mistakes: How the Department of Social Protection mishandled social welfare overpayments
Some overpayments have not been recovered because of a litany of mistakes by the Department of Employment and Social Protection.
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Jul 30th 2019, 6:00 AM
# Debt
Government says it's owed €475 million in social welfare overpayments
Minister Regina Doherty said a number of measures are taken to try to recover the monies owed.
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Dec 29th 2018, 8:00 AM
# Employment
Over 300 cases of social welfare fraud reported to gardaí last year
Social welfare fraud totalled €38.4 million in 2017, down from €41 million in 2016.
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Nov 22nd 2018, 10:48 PM
# Overpayments
Six people were wrongly paid over €200,000 in social welfare
The six cases have all been reported to gardaí.
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Sep 29th 2017, 7:42 PM