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

I do not mean any disrespect but officials in the Department of Social Protection would tell the Minister that applications for invalidity pensions, disability pensions and many other payments are currently being refused by rote, despite medical evidence and so forth being available, and applicants are being told they can appeal the decision. Who is to say this practice will not occur in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine?