Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 February 2012
280 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a covert agenda at present to cut 10% of welfare payments that are being made at present from genuine claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6792/12]
View answerThe Government is committed to protecting the vulnerable throughout the course of the difficult fiscal adjustment process that is currently under way. There is absolutely no question of an agenda, covert or otherwise, to cut ten per cent or any other percentage of welfare payments that are being made to genuine claimants. In fact, protecting the vulnerable by securing the long-term financial viability of the social protection system is one of the main benefits the Government is seeking from the restoration of equilibrium to the Government's finances.
