Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions
Social Welfare Overpayments
4:45 pm
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The person in question is not exactly in a very good position to dispute what happened 26 years ago. Is there a legal basis for this? Normally, when one is trying to recover debt, there is a six-year statutory limit. One cannot pursue the debt after a period of six years has elapsed. What is the legal basis for the Department's decision to go after debt that arose more than six years ago?
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