Dear Chief Social Security Commissioner Dr Kenneth Mullan,

October 31st 2025 Supplemental Statement – Appeal Ref: A1/25-26(PC)

In the section immediately below, please find a supplemental statement in connection with my appeal (Ref: A1/25-26(PC)). It highlights a key omission in the “OBSERVATIONS” document attached to the email dated October 8th 2025 I have received from your Office— specifically, the longstanding difficulties I have faced in securing legal representation and appropriate medical treatment for PTSD and complex PTSD symptoms.

These issues have been referenced in my previous correspondence, including my registered letters dated March 31st 2025 and August 26th 2025, and I respectfully request that they be considered as part of the Commissioner’s review.

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OCTOBER 31ST 2025 SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT

To the Office of the Social Security Commissioner,

I write to respectfully submit this supplemental statement in connection with my appeal referenced above. I wish to draw attention to a critical omission in the “OBSERVATIONS” document attached to the letter I have received from your Office dated October 8th 2025: it makes no reference to my long-standing and well-documented difficulty in securing professional legal advice and representation — a difficulty that has persisted since 1998 and has been referenced in multiple registered letters, including my correspondence to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC MP dated March 31st 2025 referred to at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/UKPrimeMinisterSirKeirStarmerMP-Email-Dated-31March2025/RegisteredLetter.htm
and
in my appeal submission dated August 26th 2025 referred to at.
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AppealToSocialSecurityCommissioner/26August2025/Report.htm

This issue is not peripheral. It has materially affected my ability to participate in proceedings, prepare submissions, and respond to complex legal arguments. The absence of legal representation over such a prolonged period — despite repeated, documented efforts — undermines the fairness of the process and raises serious concerns under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights,  United Nations Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,, and Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

In addition, I must highlight a closely related and equally serious concern: my efforts to obtain proper medical treatment for PTSD and Complex PTSD symptoms have also been thwarted at every turn. This too is referenced in my March 31st 2025 letter to Prime Minister Starmer. The lack of access to appropriate care has compounded the difficulties I face in navigating legal processes and asserting my rights. It is my belief that this systemic failure — both legal and medical — has contributed to a pattern of exclusion and procedural injustice that deserves formal recognition.

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I respectfully request that these issues be acknowledged and considered in the Commissioner’s review of my appeal. Their omission from the OBSERVATIONS document is not merely an oversight; it reflects a deeper institutional failure that has had real and lasting consequences.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Yours sincerely,

William Finnerty.