Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2010
279 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings that would be made from ending payments of one parent family payment, disability allowance, disability benefit and deserted wives benefit to persons participating on community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16460/10]
View answerThe Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes in its report published last year estimated that savings from this measure would be €100 million each year when fully implemented. This estimate is based on discontinuing concurrent entitlement to one parent family payment, disability allowance, illness benefit and deserted wife's benefit as well as invalidity pension and widow/er's pensions.
