Solon asks DSWD if 2,616 delisted CCT beneficiaries were paid

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has yet to confirm if it paid
some 2,616 delisted Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program eneficiaries in 2!12 efore their
names "ere removed from the agency#s dataase$
D%ring the %dget delierations on the DSWD#s proposed P1!&$'( illion %dget for 2!1)
T%esday night, *ep$ Carlos +sagani T$ ,arate (Party-list, .ayan /%na) posed this 0%estion to *ep$
/aria Carmen S$ ,amora (1
st
District, Compostela 1alley), "ho sponsored the agency#s f%nding
re0%irement in her capacity as a vice chairperson of the 2o%se Committee on 3ppropriations$
The 2,616 eneficiaries "ere delisted eca%se of the do%le entry of their names in the
agency#s dataase$
43re yo% saying these 2,616 ho%sehold eneficiaries did not receive anything efore they
"ere delisted5 May possibility na tumanggap din (ang mga) ito ng pondo mula sa CCT kaya
ayon sa COA may problema ito. Paano nagka-ganun na sa mabusising pagtatala ng DSWD ay
nagkaroon ng double entries sa payroll,6 said ,arate$
,amora ass%red that the DSWD "o%ld verify the matter and respond to ,arate#s 0%ery$
4The DSWD "o%ld li7e to do%le chec7 (that) so it can give an e8act ans"er,6 said ,amora$
She e8plained that the do%le entries co%ld have occ%rred d%e to erroneo%s coding or that
a eneficiary#s name "as listed t"ice "ith different spelling$
,arate said according to the C93 2!1: report, the do%le entries in 2!12 amo%nted to
P1($;26 million. !Ang katumbas nito ay P"#.$%& million na naipalabas (na pondo)' at inaamin
ninyo ito ngayon. To (orre(t t)is' you )ad to do some delisting. Ang tanong po natin' saan
nagpunta itong P"#.$%& million'* )e said.
,amora said this is e8actly the reason "hy the DSWD has loo7ed into the matter$ 43nd for
the record, they fo%nd o%t that of these 6,!(& alleged d%plicate eneficiaries, :,;62 or ;: percent
are active, and the remaining 2,616 "ere s%<ected to validation as they "ere the ones "ho , in
this case, "ere allegedly d%plicated in the dataase$ The DSWD has recommended the delisting
of these 2,616,6 said ,amora$
While there "ere do%le entries, she ass%red that no overpayments "ere made y the
DSWD$
4There "as no overpayment eca%se %nder the system of =and .an7, the =and .an7
"o%ld only pay those ("hose names) "ere confirmed y the department$ +n this case, there is no
"ay that =and .an7 "o%ld pay t"ice one person eca%se it "ill reflect in the dataase system of
the an7$ There co%ld have een do%le entries eca%se of the erroneo%s entry of names$ .%t
%nder the system of dis%rsing, the system in =and .an7 co%ld detect if there are do%le names
in the payroll,6 said ,amora$
NR # 3592B
SEPT. 17, 2014
,arate said the C93 a%dit report of 2!1: cited the prolem of do%le entry of names of
CCT eneficiaries that happened in 2!12$ 4The C93 said that from >an%ary to 3%g%st 2!12,
there "ere d%plication prolems "hich res%lted in the overpayment of P:$1 million to P)$6
million,6 he said$
The DSWD has the fifth iggest proposed %dget among government agencies$ +t has
earmar7ed the iggest portion of its %dget for ne8t year for its CCT program "ith P6;$( illion,
"hich is P2$1 illion more than this year#s P62$6 illion$
*ep$ 3ntonio =$ Tinio (Party-list, 3CT Teachers), prior to his interpellation, said that
among the government agencies mandated to deliver asic services, the DSWD can e
considered as cash-rich$
4The agency#s delivery of service literally means delivering cash to eneficiaries,
pagbibigay mismo ng pera sa mga nangangailangan, %nli7e the Department of 2ealth (D92)
"hich gives medical service and the Department of ?d%cation (Dep?d) "hich, gives ed%cation
service$ Cash plays a ig role in the delivery of service y the DSWD$ Therefore, the matter of
li0%idation of illions of pesos of cash ann%ally appropriated to the DSWD is of prime
importance,6 said Tinio$ (:!) rbb