Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to support my colleague. The process has ground to a halt. There is no contact with the Department, good, bad or indifferent. The information I have is that there was some change in computer systems during the summer. No illness benefit payments are being made and people are being told to go to their CWO. Illness benefit is a contributions based system. To go through the CWO takes weeks and people are being left without money.

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