Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals lodged against decisions in respect of social welfare entitlements in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24158/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The figures requested are as follows:

The decrease in the overall number of appeals over the period is due largely to the reduction in the number of appeals under the Department's unemployment schemes.