Over 6,000 cases of social welfare fraud last year

February 21, 2025 | 7:06 am

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Over 6 thousand cases of social welfare fraud were uncovered by inspectors last year.

It’s up around 900 from the previous year, according to the Irish Times.

Data for the last six years shows suspected suspicious activity was most frequent for jobseekers payments, followed by illness benefit and child benefit.

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