Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:

“9. Section 311 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):“(4) (a) An appeals officer shall decide an appeal within a prescribed time of 60 working days from the date of receipt of the appeal.

(b) Where notice of a decision under section 311 is not given to the appellant who made the appeal concerned before the expiration of the period specified in section 311(4)(a), a decision upholding the appeal shall be deemed to have been made upon such expiration.

(c) An appeals officer may apply to the Chief Appeals Officer for an extension of time to consider the appeal in exceptional circumstances but the appeals officer must demonstrate the reasons for the delay and the appellant shall be informed of the reasons for the delay in writing.”.

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