Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy and I think the same way on this. We want people to get their money. Like the Deputy, I want them to get it when they need it. We are sorting out the issues the Deputy has raised with me and will learn from them. I advise all Deputies to bring any issues to my attention and I will take them up and see whether we can get them sorted. The Department of Social Protection is here to help people. People come for help when they need it. Our job is to provide that. In fairness to the many thousands of staff who work in my Department, they do a great job. If we need to take learnings from any new system that we set up, I am happy to do that and make the system better.

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