Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary)

9:30 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to get some clarity on the same issue. Mixed messages have come from the Government over the past week or so. I think the Minister said she wants to address this next year. I think it should be addressed and sorted out now, but leaving that aside, the Taoiseach gave a different message. He said it will be addressed when we move to the total contributions system in 2020. Completely different messages have come from the Taoiseach and Minister. Has the Minister had any discussions with the Taoiseach on this issue? Is he committed to making the changes that are so badly needed for 42,000 people who are being discriminated against? There are mixed messages, with the Minister saying she wants to address it and a different message from the Taoiseach. Have there been any preliminary discussions with the Taoiseach or the rest of the Cabinet? Is the issue of this being sorted retrospectively up for discussion? Is it being looked at in this report? Is it an issue that is not on the table at all? There would a big push to have this payment made retrospectively to those 42,000 people who have been discriminated against.

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