Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I do not wish to be too leadránach on this point. It is often the case that a person sends in medical certification only to be refused a benefit. The person will argue he or she has the medical condition but the point in the legislation is being missed. I do not mean to say the Department disputes the person's medical condition but it disputes whether that condition prevents the person from working, taking into account ability, training and education. Whereas the person making the application can use all the medical evidence from any previous assessment, it all has to be put into the context of the terms of the scheme, for example, if a person needs constant care and attention. It is not just the medical condition but whether that medical condition leads to a further step of either inability to work or the need for constant care and attention or whatever the scheme requires in the various cases. Sometimes people do not see the subtle difference between accepting or not accepting what the medical condition is and accepting or not accepting whether that then stops a person participating in the workplace at various levels. That is the challenge. The people who will be making these judgments will be highly trained to do so according to best international practice.