Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the witnesses and congratulate Mr. McKeon on his appointment. I wish the Department a happy birthday, as it is 70 years old. Sometimes, our discussions are robust and abrupt, so I will cut in if I get an answer and move on to something else.

I looked through the appeals office's annual report for 2016. Of 13,754 appeals, 7,871 were fully allowed. That is 57%. Does that not suggest that our original assessments are not up to standard?