Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a number of appeals in the system, which I am everybody else has, that are a long time in the Department. They are not waiting for further information, or if they are, it has not been sought. It is a cause of great distress for people when they are months and months waiting for decisions. Would it be possible for the Minister to get the information for us regarding, in all cases where there are no outstanding requests for further information from the appeal's office, the length that appeals are taking according to particular schemes? I tabled a parliamentary question in on one case and there were quite a few outstanding. It is a major problem. Most of the other parts of the Department are reasonably fast coming back with decisions but appeals have gotten longer and longer.