Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The note reads, "The saving arose mainly due to a lower number of awards than expected partly due to vacancies in the membership of the Tribunal for a period during 2016." It is outrageous that people cannot get compensation just because a position has not been filled on the tribunal. I have had parliamentary questions on this. The witnesses have probably seen that over a period. There are vacancies and people are asking when their cases can be dealt with.