John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said the onus was on the individual to supply the information where there were gaps. I was under the impression that if the information on any gap resided in the Department such as in the case of child benefit, those cases would be completed first and that claimants would have to deal with other gaps themselves. If somebody was out of work for a ten-year period and had children, the Department would have the dates for when children benefit applied. Does the claimant have to supply this information or does the Department deal with it automatically?