Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2023
368. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]
View answerThere is only one tribunal under the aegis of my Department
The Social Welfare Tribunal is a statutory body set up in 1982 to deal with cases where entitlement to Jobseeker's Benefit or Allowance are refused due to an involvement in a trade dispute. The last sitting of the Social Welfare Tribunal was in October 2014. No applications for adjudication have been made to the Tribunal since that date. Therefore no costs have incurred since then.
