Ireland: Tackling Welfare Fraud with Biometric ID

Identity card to help combat welfare fraud (Irish Examiner)
New card to cut welfare fraud (Irish Times)
New public service card to crack down on welfare fraud (Independent.ie)

The Independent has the start-up cost as €24m. The Times has last year's overpayments as €83.4m.
Welfare programs that are seen as being managed with as little fraud as possible receive higher public support than those that aren't.