Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 64 in my name seeks to set out procedures on the abatement of compensation. I fully accept there are situations as the Minister has outlined in which compensation should not and cannot be paid. People cannot be compensated if they have drawn the problem on themselves. I believe that if compensation is refused, there is a right to seek an independent appeal and it is very important that people would be informed about that and the associated timeframe. As the processes become more thorough, they also become much longer. Those of us who deal with the Ombudsman find that one would nearly need to take the Ombudsman to the Ombudsman because of the delays which have become pervasive across the system.