€11.1m debt from social welfare overpayments is written off [in 2022 with €495m still outstanding]

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1. The stupid simple fix here is to apply any debts like this against any future benefits of any sort from the government, dole, hap, pension, children’s allowance etc.

2. >In one case, the department sought to recover an overpayment of €900 in respect of a deceased person, which accrued from the date of their death to the date the department was informed. While it was successful in recovering this debt, it did not seek to recover a debt already owed while the person was alive, totalling over €10,000, which was eventually written off in 2022.

   Reading this makes me question where on earth their priorities lie.

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