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This chapter examines the findings from an actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund, including the projections for revenue and expenditure to 2076 and the assumptions used in that review.

The report examines ex-gratia payments totaling €1.425 million paid by the Department of Social Protection to 56 social welfare branch managers in 2022.

This chapter examines the processes of the Dept. of Social Protection for the recovery of welfare overpayment debt, of which almost €500 million was outstanding in December 2022. It also examines the trends in the value of overpayments recovered or written off in recent years.

The chapter examines the trends in the value of overpayment debt raised by the Department of Social Protection, the processes to detect overpayments, staff compliance with internal guidance, and managing the debt of deceased claimants.

The chapter provides an overview of funds flowing from central government to local authorities, and the purpose for which those funds have been provided including funding in relation to Covid-19 supports.

This chapter examines the results of control surveys of social support payments by the Department of Social Protection and the impact of Covid-19 on the scheme controls.

Under a 2014 statutory instrument, the Department is entitled to recover the certain benefit and assistance payments provided to an individual who subsequently receives a compensation award for those injuries. This report examines the operation of the scheme and the extent of recovery of payments by the Department.

This report examines the impact on the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) of the misclassification of workers, by reviewing the guidance in place to determine employment status, the extent of self-employment in the economy and compliance activity undertaken by the Department of Social Protection and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners.

The report provides an overview of the cost of direct responses to Covid-19 or its impacts by the relevant government departments. The figures include costs incurred on support schemes or direct spending on Covid-19 responses in the year to end February 2021.

The report provides an overview of the cost of direct responses to Covid-19 or its impacts by the relevant government departments. The figures include costs incurred on support schemes or direct spending on Covid-19 responses in the year to end February 2021.