Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is no doubt that the review system allows extra medical evidence to be submitted. However, the fact that each medical assessor must process more than 2,800 new applications every year, not to mention further reviews, is surely a heavy workload. That workload issue is identified by the fact that the Minister has received approval for four additional assessors. Is it the case that one of the two senior medical assessors must sign off on the medical evidence review after it has taken place in order to get a payment out to a person?

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