Social Welfare Benefits
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-09
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I agree with the concerns expressed by the others. There needs to be a review by the Minister of the regulations, the way they are applied and the outcomes. Having attended at appeal hearings over many years, I have seen the basis on which decisions are made. On one occasion not so long ago I attended a hearing where the person won the appeal only for it to be overturned by an executive officer who, to my mind, had no authority to do so other than a conflict whereby the same officer was adjudicating on their own decision, as it were.
Will the Minister, if she gets a chance, look at that area where there could be a difficulty created for people who have a life-long commitment to caring for relatives?

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Sitting date: 2023-02-09