Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a comment and a question. Does subsection (1)(b) state that one cannot appeal the liability to the payment until one has paid the compensation back? In his contribution to section 8, the Minister of State stated in some instances it could take 70 years to pay the liability back. As he will be aware, one has 21 days in which to appeal a decision of the Department. How does the Minister of State square that circle in relation to recovering it? The process is that if one's appeal of the decision fails then one is liable to pay the money back. Is this only related to lump sums? I have another question on the law as it stands where moneys are paid over, but the Minister of State may wish to contribute.