Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date of the Social Welfare Appeals Office decision that a postmaster was an employee and not self-employed, which has been appealed to the High Court by An Post (details supplied). [21819/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions.

As the Deputy is aware, there are currently legal proceedings before the Courts in relation to this subject. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to comment further or provide the information requested on this matter.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.