Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

People must wait a year for their appeal to be heard by an appeals commissioner, which is unacceptable to clients as the waiting period is too long. How can we return to a waiting time of three months? Mr. O'Mahony has told me that under the current system if the three commissioners hear about 150 cases each a year then the total is only about 400 cases a year. How many additional cases will there be in the coming year? A new system must be more efficient in terms of time than the old system but I am not convinced by the new system even though it has good architecture. It will be great to get the new appeals commissioner and case workers this time next year. How many additional cases are lodged per year?