Noel Ahern
Question:226 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason pay-related benefits were reduced from mid July 1994, in view of the fact that there was no mention of this reduction in the Minister's Budget speech. [1092/95]
Written Answers. - Pay-Related Benefits.
The discontinuance of Pay-Related Benefit with Unemployment Benefit for new claimants last year was announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget Statement on 26 January 1994 and by my predecessor in the Dáil on 27 January 1994. Pay-Related Benefit with Disability Benefit was discontinued in 1992.