Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 24, in the name of Deputy Ó Snodaigh, has been ruled out of order as it involves a charge on the Exchequer. The amendment seeks to provide that in recovering overpayments, the Department of Social Protection would ensure that a claimant's income would not fall below the relevant supplementary welfare allowance rate for the claimant or his or her family. The amendment could have the effect of reducing the amount of money the Department could recover and thereby be a charge on the Exchequer. It has been ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Order 156(3).