Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Draft Regulations on the Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Discussion
Mr. John McKeon:
We hope to get the straw man published in the next couple of months. It obviously has to be seen by the Minister and the Government before it is published. There must be a consultation period, which normally lasts a few months. After the consultation period, there is then another report to go to Government, recommending which changes, if any, we will proceed with. That, in turn, gives the authority to draft the heads of a Bill and the legislation. In truth, as the Deputy knows far better than I, it might be during the next Dáil and not the current one that the law is changed. Perhaps that is not the case and we will be able to fast-track it.
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