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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PROTECTION
Special Investigation Unit and Control of Illicit Trade
Brian Kearney ManagerSpecial Investigation UnitCork-Kerry-Limerick
Expenditure €20 BILLION 1.4 MILLION weekly payments- .5 million
Child Benefit monthly 87 million payments in 2012 2m applications made in 2012 8.4m telephone calls answered 1 million control reviews carried out 7200 staff at 470 locations
Social Welfare ....is BIG Business
Special Investigation Unit
PREVENT –DETECT- DETER SOCIAL WELFARE FRAUD
89 Social Welfare Inspectors working exclusively on fraud countrywide
Black -Shadow – Grey- Hidden- Informal Economy -Social Welfare Fraud –
estimated cost 2.4%- 4.1% of social welfare budget
Multi-agency Approach with Revenue/Gardaí/GNIB/NERA/National
Transport Authority/County Councils/Corporations etc.
Data and Information Sharing with other Government Agencies
Prosecutions
What a Social Welfare Inspector can legally do
Enter any place where s\he believes there is employment
Require employer to produce records Require attendance of employer Interview all persons on premises Require person interviewed to sign statement Power to Require a person to produce documents or
information Power to seize documents
Social Welfare Inspector Powers on Road Checks & Airport Checks Power with Gardaí or customs (in uniform) to stop any
vehicle where the social welfare inspector reasonably suspects is used in the course of employment or self employment and
Power to question and make enquiries of any person in the vehicle
Power to attend at any port or airport and where there are reasonable grounds to question and make enquiries of a person who is a passenger
MULTI AGENCY VEHICLE CHECKS
ANTI FRAUD INITIATIVE 2011-2013
“Social welfare fraud undermines public confidence in the entire system as well as being unfair to other recipients of social welfare payments, [and] taxpayers and businesses [that] run on a legitimate basis”.
Enforcement Integrated response Strong ties between public agencies. Police the hidden economy, Sanctions for perpetrators and recover lost revenue
SIU -WHAT WE DO!
Targeted Hidden Economy Projects Multi Agency Road Checks Identity Fraud Checks Data Matching Respond to Good Citizen Reports Share intelligence with other Government
Agencies and UK and EU agencies
SIU -WHAT WE DO!
OPERATION AIRSIDE
OPERATION SITE
OPERATION TRANSPORT
LIFSTYLE AND ASSETS
STREETSCAPES PROJECTS
DATA MATCHING PROJECTS
TARGETING ORGANISED FRAUD
GOOD CITIZEN REPORTS
SIU IS TARGET DRIVEN- SAVINGS (€70ml.) AND PROSECUTIONS (300)
Multi-agency Approach with Revenue/Gardai/GNIB/NERA/NTA/CO COUNCILS
Joint Investigation Units – with Revenue- Customs Gardaí –MAVC’s-working with Garda Bureau of Fraud
Investigation – sharing intelligence- CAB Garda National Immigration Bureau National Employment Rights Agency National Transport Authority Enforcement Team County Council Waste Enforcement Officers Regional Hidden Economy Working Groups
Multi Agency Co-operation
Time is right for a multi agency approach
Intelligence sharing, collaboration, joint operations, data sharing
Building networks and relationships
Positive Public Perception
ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS
New Public Service Card with Key security and identification features
20 Gardaí added to the Special Investigation Unit in 2014
Improved sharing of information and Data Matching between
Government Agencies – better technologies
Targeting Internet Shopping and Business
Raising Public Awareness of the effects of Illegal Trade- Social
Welfare Fraud
Thank You
Contact Brian.kearney@welfare.ie Visit www.welfare.ie Collaborate in stopping illegal trade By phone: (01) 6732123, (071) 9672648
or Lo-call: 1890 927999. By Post: Central Control Division, DSP,
Shannon Lodge, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.
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