Dáil debates
Friday, 11 December 2009
Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:00 pm
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
Unfortunately, those who receive disability or invalidity payments will be affected by the cuts. Deputies have asked how much it would have cost if we had not reduced payments to those in receipt of disability payments and so on. The cost of not doing so would have been almost €108 million. It would have been necessary to find this expenditure in other Departments or in my Department's spending.
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