Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Does that run contrary to what the Minister said earlier, namely, that he was not in favour of indexation in relation to either social welfare or other issues? That seems contrary to that view, given that it would be a very large cost at a time when we are very stuck. I totally agree with this being pegged to inflation. That is fine and I believe that was done last year and year before that and the figure was probably a little higher than the inflation rate, but it was modest, whereas the material appearing in the newspapers indicates a potential very large give-away on that one.