Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Select Committee on Social Protection
Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage
2:30 pm
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is the point I was trying to make. I may not have been clear on that. It is about the cuts, the increase in fuel prices and the impact that has had on recipients of the fuel allowance. There needs to be a specific focus on all of that because I believe it is very much a targeted payment going into the pockets of the people who need it the most. With the increase in fuel costs we need to determine how much extra we need to put in people's pockets to see them being lifted out of that fuel poverty trap. A report and, more importantly, recommendations on all of those aspects would be very useful.
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