Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I accept the point. In practice, that is the practice at the moment. The difficulty is, and we heard this with regard to the points made by Deputy Ó Cuív on the invalidity pension, the letter of the law is the letter of the law. We have all had experiences where a more rigid interpretation of the law has been taken. I will come back to this later in my contribution. In that context this regulation does not, as drafted, give us that right. It should include "or a representative". That needs to be included in it.