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. Brian Molloy:
If I could add one point on that, as the Cathaoirleach mentioned, the invalidity pension allows you to go on to partial capacity. Illness benefit is also a gateway to partial capacity. Once you are on illness benefit for more than six months, you can apply for partial capacity of illness benefit. If that is the issue that is causing the difficulty, people will not necessarily lose their illness benefit because they can apply for partial capacity off that in the same way as they can off invalidity pension.
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