Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the right to appeal to the tribunal, the commissioner is a very powerful person and I am looking for an appeal from the commissioners to the tribunal. Is that in the Bill at the moment? I do not think it is. Everybody should have the right of appeal from a commissioner to a tribunal. If the Minister of State could make a statement on that, it would be worthwhile. When an appeal is made and the person is not satisfied, as most people are not, it is usually because of a change in economic circumstances. Any person looking at the Bill at the moment who has a decision to make will have to make it on the basis of a material change in circumstances, which means bricks and mortar. Economics is not taken into account. One might get more sense by appealing to a tribunal but that is the main thing I see happening.