Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It then goes to appeal and other medics need to come in and oversee it. There is a rush to disallow some of these applications. The number of cases overturned on appeal shows us there is a problem in the original decision, despite there being a decent volume of evidence. I am not saying people should be paid allowances or benefits without providing the information but, in my office, I see people submitting copious volumes of information. This was prevalent in regard to domiciliary care payments and we just told people to expect a refusal and, if they did not get one, it was a bonus. There is a problem further back. While some of that has been rectified, there is still a problem in regard to the rate of refusals that are overturned.