Success rate of appeals growing

People with long-term disabilities are increasingly refusing to accept State support rejections — and are ultimately winning lengthy, energy-sapping cases.

Department of Social Protection figures obtained by the Irish Examiner show the number of withdrawn appeals for disability allowance aid has fallen since 2010.

The situation, which shows many affected are insisting they should be helped, has occurred as initial refusals, first-stage recheck rejections and — crucially — full appeal successes, have soared.