Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the partial capacity benefit section; and the average processing time for a partial capacity benefit application. [49972/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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There are currently nine officers working within my Departments Partial Capacity Benefit team. The average processing time for decisions on new applications currently stands at four weeks.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.