Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not agree with the Deputy. The old bereavement grant was an insurance-based scheme. Those who did not have their social contributions paid into the pot did not get anything out of it. The people the Deputy is talking about, who are exceptionally vulnerable and going to the social welfare offices or loan sharks, are not the people who would have received the €850 grant in many cases.