Natasha Newsome Drennan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a section 317 review of a person (details supplied); if it will be completed before his illness benefit is stopped in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56291/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for Invalidity Pension on 1st March 2024. Their application was refused on 7th May 2024, on the grounds that they are not permanently incapable of work due to an illness or incapacity and for no other reason.

The person concerned submitted an appeal on 21st May 2024. Having considered all of the available evidence, the Appeals Officer found that it had not been established that the medical requirements for Invalidity Pension, as defined in the governing legislation, had been met.

The person concerned submitted a Section 317 request on the 2nd July 2025. The Appeals Officer having considered that review and the new evidence provided, did not find that the original decision was incorrect, and the review was subsequently disallowed on 14th October 2025.

This appeal has now been referred to the Chief Appeals Officer, in order to determine if a review under Section 318 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005, would be appropriate.