Róisín Shortall
Ceist:41 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who has been obliged to transfer the full amount of her £65 a month maintenance payments to his Department under the provisions of Part IX of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993, thus making it impossible for her to continue to pay the mortgage on her house under the Dublin Corporation shared ownership scheme; if he has satisfied himself that her full financial circumstances have been taken into account by his Department; if he will rectify a breach of the principle of natural justice by introducing a right of appeal against decisions such as this which are administrative and not appealable to the Social Welfare Appeals Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.