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Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Justice and Equality

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected time frame in which the Personal Insolvency Agency will deal with individual cases and therefore an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is underway; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Justice and Equality

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected time frame in which the Personal Insolvency Agency will deal with individual cases and therefore an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is underway; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Progress being made on measures to combat social welfare fraud – O’Donovan

Fine Gael Limerick TD, Patrick O’Donovan, has today (Wednesday) said the Government is making progress on introducing reforms to the social welfare system to combat fraud. In a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, Deputy O’Donovan asked for an update on a number of measures aimed at combatting fraud, including ICT improvements and the introduction of bio-metric cards.