32 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has studied the extent to which medical assessors in her Department frequently discount medical evidence provided by applicants for various disability payments in respect of illness which limit the patients ability to work including in some cases patients suffering from cancer or other serious illness; if her attention has been drawn to the pain, suffering and stress caused to such sufferers when faced with the opinion of her medical assessors that the person is not unfit for work; if she will examine the situation as a matter of urgency with a view to addressing such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36292/11]

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32 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has studied the extent to which medical assessors in her Department frequently discount medical evidence provided by applicants for various disability payments in respect of illness which limit the patients ability to work including in some cases patients suffering from cancer or other serious illness; if her attention has been drawn to the pain, suffering and stress caused to such sufferers when faced with the opinion of her medical assessors that the person is not unfit for work; if she will examine the situation as a matter of urgency with a view to addressing such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36292/11]

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