Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
91. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the exceptional circumstances that would be considered appropriate grounds for considering an application for occupational injuries benefit by a person who applied for the benefit more than six months from the date of the injury. [17599/15]
View answerThe exceptional circumstances that would be considered appropriate grounds for considering an application for occupational injuries benefit by a person who applied more than six months from the date of the injury are set out in regulations - where it is shown to the satisfaction of a deciding officer or an appeals officer that the delay was due to information provided by an officer of the Minister or that the delay was due to a person being so incapacitated that he or she was unable to make a claim or appoint a person to act on his or her behalf.
