Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not articulate the individual case outlined as an individual hard case because I wish to focus on the broader issue. I am flabbergasted that the Department has taken the attitude outlined to the case raised by Deputy O'Dea because I have personal experience of other cases where the Department has averaged payments and has also done so following appeals. Will the Minister of State get the details of the case and to speak to the officials involved because I have found the staff in Longford to be very amenable both in terms of carer's allowance and family income supplement where there is a threshold? Both of those allowances are operated from the Longford office and the staff have been quite flexible in that regard. I hope the matter can be resolved in terms of the case outlined but it flags the broader issue.

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