Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I wish to make a constructive point. To some extent, the social welfare appeals office was a bad example to cite. I imagine every public representative in both Houses is trying to have the backlogs dealt with. Another cheaper and less expensive way of doing it would be to provide for an appeal to the Minister's office. The Minister is independent of the process involving authorised officers. Perhaps the Minister might consider this option. While he was replying, it occurred to me that I often scratched my head when it came to dealing with cases involving the social welfare appeals office because it was always jammed up.