Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. McKeon says there is a long list of stakeholders. I am asking a simple question, namely, give me an example of one stakeholder so that we, as a committee, can consider who is on the list and choose ourselves, without his prompting, whether to call them into this committee and ask the question because this is a problem. There is €4.2 million at stake. We might make fewer mistakes if people are given other information. I will go even further. What is to stop the Department's deciding officer lifting the telephone to claimant A and saying, "Sorry, before we come down with the hammer, do you have additional information?", rather than sending out the letter stating, "Sorry. You are not getting it. Off you go to the appeal process. You have 21 days to do so"?