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mat.s.w.
Guest
Charlie O Connor Speaking at the joint commitee of social welfare 10-june-2009. I am interested in the reference in the excellent presentation to the number of reports of suspected fraud from members of the public. The figures are incredible - an increase of over 700%. It was pointed out in the presentation - I presume accurately - that a significant number of those reports were found to have no basis. Is there any way the Department can give the public a message about this kind of busybody activity? I presume the number of reports is so high because people want to wind up neighbours or are upset about progress neighbours are making. Have the Department or other agencies a view on how this can be better controlled? I am sure much staff time and resources are wasted on checking these spurious reports