Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Appeals) Regulations 2024

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2024
• Citation: IR SI 89/2024

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No.89of2024

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Appeals) Regulations 2024

I, RODERIC O’GORMAN, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 44 (2)(b) of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (No. 20 of 2023), hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Appeals) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 20 March 2024.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations -

“Act of 2023” means the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023;

“appeal” means an appeal under section 29 of the Act of 2023;

“appellant” means an applicant or a person to whom section 39(3) of the Act of 2023 applies, who makes an appeal;

Requesting an appeal

3. An appeal shall be made in the form set out in Schedule 1.

Assigning an appeal

4. The Chief Deciding Officer shall acknowledge receipt of an appeal without delay and not later than 21 days following receipt of the appeal.

Request for further information

5. (1) The Appeals Officer, where he or she may under section 29(5) of the Act of 2023 require further information or documentation from the appellant, shall state, in writing,

(a) the information or documentation required;

(b) in what manner the information or documentation should be provided which may include by written statement, affidavit or an oral submission by way of telephone or video call or in-person meeting;

(c) the period within which the appellant should respond;

(d) the effect ofsection 40 (4) of the Act of 2023.

(2) The Appeals Officer, where he or she may under section 29(6) of the Act of 2023 require further information from the Chief Deciding Officer, shall state, in writing:

(a) the information required;

(b) in what manner the information should be provided which may include by written statement, or an oral submission by way of telephone or video call or in-person meeting;

(c) the period within which the Chief Deciding Officer should respond.

Summary appeals

6. Where an Appeals Officer is of the opinion that an appeal is of such a nature that it can be properly determined without a hearing, he or she may determine the appeal summarily.

Oral Hearings and attendance

7. (1) Where, in the opinion of an Appeals Officer, an oral hearing is required, he or she shall, as soon as...