Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I echo that view. The clause following the one referred to by Senator O'Meara provides up to three months for making the appeal. The system will get snarled up forever if we extend it to six months as people with new assessments will be waiting for consideration, etc. The idea is to simplify matters and keep appeals running without a snarling up of affairs. Three months is adequate. In other matters the usual period for an appeal is three weeks to a month. This area is somewhat different, but the period proposed is adequate. We do not want a logjam to develop where other applicants would get snarled up also. Three months is fair to provide parity and justice to each applicant.