Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I have one or two queries, although I have no problem with this section but rather with the next section. Section 17 states that "an officer of the Minister authorised by him or her for this purpose, or ... the Executive ... may, subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that shall be prescribed, defer, suspend, reduce or cancel repayment of any such amount". When is it intended to prescribe the conditions or circumstances mentioned here?

The same subsection also mentions that the HSE may carry out this function in the case of supplementary welfare allowance. In September, when the community welfare officers are transferred to the Department of Social Protection, will this provision need to be changed to reflect the transfer of the function of distributing supplementary welfare allowance?

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