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Appeals Office - Annual Report 2007
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To The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mr. Martin Cullen TD.
De réir na forálacha de Alt 308(1) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Comhdhlúthú), 2005, cuirim isteach tuarascáil na hOifige Achomhairc Leasa Shóisialaigh do 2007.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 308(1) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, I submit the report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office for the year ended 31 December 2007.
Brian Flynn
Director and Chief Appeals Officer
March 2008
Foreword
This annual report fulfils my statutory duty to report on the activities of the Social Welfare Appeals Office in the calendar year 2007.
The function of my Office is to determine appeals by people who are dissatisfied with decisions made by deciding officers of the Department of Social and Family Affairs relating to entitlement to social welfare payments and insurability of employment and by officers of the Health Service Executive relating to entitlement to certain supplementary welfare allowances. It is an office of the Department independently responsible for determining such appeals and Appeals Officers are independent in coming to their decisions.
This report gives a statistical overview of our work, measured through appeals received and appeals finalised during the year, as well as commentary on a number of matters which arose from our work. It also contains a small selection of case studies which try to give a sense of the issues coming before Appeals Officers for determination. My Office's website www.socialwelfareappeals.ie gives a larger selection of case studies.
My thanks are due to the ongoing commitment and co-operation of all my staff in the support they give me in fulfilling my statutory duties. My thanks also to the Department and to the Health Service Executive for their co-operation with our work.
This annual report is being published in bi-lingual form. If you have any comments on any aspect of the report, please get in touch with me.
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