Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of oral hearings that took place in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by county; and the number of negative and positive appeals in each county in tabular form. [53412/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.

The table below provides the number of Appeals Officer decisions which were made by way of oral hearing in each year from 2017 to the end of September 2021. It also indicates the overall number and percentage which were allowed in full, part allowed or disallowed by an Appeals Officer.

I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that these statistics are not maintained on a county by county basis, and it is not in a position to supply the information sought by the Deputy in relation to the county by county breakdown.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Appeals decided by Appeals Officers

Oral Hearing decisions from 2017 to end of September 2021