426 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 8 May 2012, if the medical assessors of her Department are satisfied that they are competent to express a superior medical opinion to that offered by a doctor (details supplied); if she will set out the medical opinion in accordance with her Department’s evidence-based medical protocols and guidelines which were used to disqualify eligibility in this case; if it is therefore contended that the latter opinion has full regard for due process and natural justice in view of the professional opinion offered by the doctor or whether the said protocols and guidelines are arbitrarily used to dismiss the evidence supplied by the doctor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25449/12]

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426 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 8 May 2012, if the medical assessors of her Department are satisfied that they are competent to express a superior medical opinion to that offered by a doctor (details supplied); if she will set out the medical opinion in accordance with her Department’s evidence-based medical protocols and guidelines which were used to disqualify eligibility in this case; if it is therefore contended that the latter opinion has full regard for due process and natural justice in view of the professional opinion offered by the doctor or whether the said protocols and guidelines are arbitrarily used to dismiss the evidence supplied by the doctor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25449/12]

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