Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Cullinane for this amendment. I see merit in having a time limit on appeals because we get many queries on this issue and some of the waiting times last months. I know of one case where it was 18 months. To limit it to 21 days would be dangerous if it cannot be met. The Minister might say something about this issue and what she might consider reasonable. The waiting times at the moment are too long. I have had to bring some urgent cases to the Minister for her assistance and then the payment was forthcoming but that is not the way we should be doing our business. Will the Minister say what stage the one-stop-shop is at?