Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 68:

In page 10, line 6, to delete "Board." and substitute "Board; such an appeal shall be determined by the Appeals Board within 6 weeks from the date that it receives the appeal.".

Deputies Enright and Stanton have suggested that an appeal against a refusal to accede to a request for an assessment should take place within six weeks. At present, there is no time limit for this form of appeal and I agree there is a need for an appropriate time period to be inserted. Given that this is an appeal on quite narrow points, it should be possible for the appeals board to deal with such an appeal within six weeks. This amendment will achieve the Deputies' desire to ensure that appeals are heard within a specified period.

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