Ireland: Biometric Welfare Anti-Fraud Measures

Social welfare crackdown: Joan Burton’s new fraud measures (Independent.ie)

Social protection minister Joan Burton is to announce a further crackdown on those engaged in social welfare fraud. The minister said she hopes the new initiative will save the state €625m. "Most of the people on social welfare are as honest as the day is long...but their position is being undermined by people scamming the system. It's a small number of people but it's very important," Ms Burton said on RTE today.

See also: Multiple ID's But Only One Face. The back-end database de-duplication is very important in sussing out multiple credentials issued to one individual.