Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State. Last week I raised an issue on the domiciliary care allowance with the Minister for Social Protection. When I received her reply I then sought the qualifications of relevant medical assessors that work in the domiciliary care allowance section. I sought to identify which applications it dealt with and asked if it dealt with domiciliary care, disability benefit and a raft of other applications. I was told that there were a total of 27 medical assessors. This evening I want a list, in tabular format, that clearly states the qualifications of each one. I do not need to know their names but I do need to know their qualifications.

Those dealing with domiciliary care allowance are dealing with the cases of many young children with an intellectual disability. It is appropriate that people with relevant qualification deal with their applications.