Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy and, of course, I would very much like to have that information. I accept and take at face value what she has identified. My understanding of the initial communication is that Pobal made an announcement to service providers through the Pobal PIP system on 19 August, informing them that applications would not begin to be processed until October. Officials in my Department are in close contact with their colleagues in Pobal on the processing by these timelines. That is the first issue. The second issue is Pobal went through the regular channels where it communicates with the services but that some services are out of pocket and have not been communicated with. I will have to take that information from the Deputy and look into that.

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