Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, this is happening and some of them have. I have to say the Department of Social Protection has expedited such cases but the difficulty is that the pandemic unemployment payment is there to supplement income because of a loss of income. There are people who would have some income coming into the household who have lost a substantial amount of income because of Covid 19 and would be ineligible for a means tested payment for one reason or another, because of capital or property. This cohort is caught between the grants.