Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am asking this question on behalf of my colleague an Teachta Darren O'Rourke. It is fairly straightforward. It is just looking for the number and percentage of disability allowance decisions that are appealed, and the number and percentage of decisions overturned on appeal. What we are seeking to understand is the reasoning. In most circumstances, nothing changes materially, so it is essentially the same person submitting the same claim again. Sometimes it is overturned.

My feeling is that a high number of cases are overturned on appeal but I await the figures from the Minister.

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