Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social welfare appeals that were successful in the past two years. [4305/22]

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.

Appeals which had a favourable outcome for the appellant consist of appeals which were either allowed in full or in part by an Appeals Officer, or which were resolved by way of a revised decision in favour of the appellant by a Deciding Officer/Designated Person.

The below table outlines the appeal outcomes for the two years, 2020 and 2021.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy

Appeal Outcomes 2020-2021