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 will certainly take it back. Mr. Rónán Hession, who was here last week, is also the assistant secretary with responsibility in this area. We will consider it.

The one point I would make - I am not saying that this will be a problem - is the nomination of an illness as being an occupational illness lies with the Minister for Health rather than with ourselves and that is an issue. Also, one needs to be a little careful in picking out one illness which is debilitating and separating it out from all other illnesses that are debilitating and saying that this person, because he or she has long Covid, gets this treatment while another person, who might have another debilitating condition, is being treated in a particular way. We have to be careful around that. I am not saying it is an issue that will stop anything. I am only saying we need to be aware of it.

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