Social Welfare Appeals
Dail Éireann — 2026-09-24
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal West

Mine is a fairly straightforward question. I need to understand what the Minister is doing to improve the quality and consistency of first-instance decisions. The reason I ask is partly due to the fact that I am tracking the figures but also due to what I see coming into my constituency office. I ask the Minister to refer, if he could, to the domiciliary care allowance application process.
That is the one that, anecdotally and according to the figures, seems to be the most problematic.

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Sitting date: 2026-09-24