Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

One of the reasons given in May for the delay in processing was a series of technical glitches in the Department's IT system. Will the Minister confirm that this issue has been resolved? He mentioned the turnover of staff in Sligo, part of the reason for which was decentralisation. Will he guarantee that steps will be taken to ensure the Department's customers will not be affected by the decentralisation process?

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