Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance
1:55 pm
Mr. John Shannon:
Yes, examples of the main reasons for making payments are for the purchase of household appliances, bedding, clothing and child-related items such as cots and prams. Payments are also made for household repairs and maintenance, funeral and burial expenses and confinement costs for attending hospital.