Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have been successful in a number of these cases. The legislation is very clear and it is a forensic examination. The error is on one side of the table or another.

It is either that the person has not provided sufficient information for whatever reason - there might be a change in family circumstances, somebody has returned to work and the overpayment has been created - or else the person has provided every reasonable piece of information that was required and the mistake was made by the Department. If it can be proved that the error was on the part of the Department, the sum, regardless of the amount, is eliminated.