1921. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection pending any broader policy decision on the treatment of Troubles-related compensation awarded under historical Northern Ireland criminal injuries schemes (including the Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977), if he will give an undertaking to examine individual cases on their merits; if he will exercise any ministerial or administrative discretion available to him or his Department to avoid hardship where the compensation clearly arises from conflict-related injury; and if, in the interim, he will instruct that recovery of overpayments arising solely from such awards be suspended pending the outcome of any case-specific review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/26]

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1921. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection pending any broader policy decision on the treatment of Troubles-related compensation awarded under historical Northern Ireland criminal injuries schemes (including the Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977), if he will give an undertaking to examine individual cases on their merits; if he will exercise any ministerial or administrative discretion available to him or his Department to avoid hardship where the compensation clearly arises from conflict-related injury; and if, in the interim, he will instruct that recovery of overpayments arising solely from such awards be suspended pending the outcome of any case-specific review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/26]

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