Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

My question relates to the repayment of amounts due. Section 17 states that when a person is required to repay a certain amount, the repayment may, subject to conditions, be deferred or suspended in circumstances that shall be prescribed. It states there will be conditions or circumstances under which the repayment can be reduced or suspended. Is it intended to prescribe these shortly after the legislation is passed, or is it an ongoing process depending on circumstances? It was not a question about community welfare officers themselves; it is just that the HSE is mentioned in the case of supplementary welfare allowance, and I am inquiring as to whether the Department should also be mentioned, so the phrase would read "the Executive or the Department of Social Protection, in the case of supplementary welfare allowance". I presume the supplementary welfare allowance budget will also transfer to the Department and away from the HSE.

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