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Sat 06 Jun 2007Nearly half of appeals to welfare office successfulClose to half of the appeals made to the Social Welfare Appeals Office last year were successful. Mark Roddenreports.The office's annual report for 2006 shows that 46 per cent of appeals it adjudicated on were upheld. Some 6,439 of the 14,006 cases completed last year had a favourable outcome, 5,860 (42 per cent) were rejected and 1,707 (12 per cent) were withdrawn.