Written answers

Thursday, 13 May 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Eligibility

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which medical practitioners who assess disability benefit claims on behalf of her Department are appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25204/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Medical Assessors working within my Department are assigned on foot of an Open Competition which is administered by the Public Appointments Service on behalf of the Department.

The eligibility criteria for the post include a requirement for applicants to be medical practitioners who are fully registered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland or who are entitled to be so registered and have at least three years satisfactory postgraduate training and experience in the medical profession.

I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

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