Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 10a:

In page 12, line 5, after "offer" to insert the following:

"and if the person is dissatisfied with the decision reached, that person may seek independent review of the decision".

I suspect that this amendment will suffer the same fate as the previous two amendments. There ought to be a provision that where someone is dissatisfied with a decision, he or she should have the opportunity to seek an independent review. I do not know whether the guidelines which the Minister of State read into the record deal with the issue of an appeal of that nature. Perhaps the he can comment.

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