Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Staff are aware - and the legend is - that if one withholds some of the stronger medical information until the appeal it will help the case. I think that goes back to a period when the times were a lot longer. My personal recommendation is that if one has the evidence and one is still in the application process or review - we allow multiple reviews which very few social welfare systems do - one should use it when it becomes available and, if possible, avoid having to go into the appeals system.