131. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps taken by her Department to ensure equity and fairness for all social welfare applicants with particular reference to applications for illness-related payments; if account is taken of the fact that whilst rules and regulations are important in creating fairness, that they should not be applied in such a strict and inflexible manner so as to create inequity to social welfare applicants; the steps taken by her Department to address any unfairness in this regard with particular reference to illness-related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15387/22]

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131. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps taken by her Department to ensure equity and fairness for all social welfare applicants with particular reference to applications for illness-related payments; if account is taken of the fact that whilst rules and regulations are important in creating fairness, that they should not be applied in such a strict and inflexible manner so as to create inequity to social welfare applicants; the steps taken by her Department to address any unfairness in this regard with particular reference to illness-related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15387/22]

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