Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Therein the problem lies. We get a lot of them. People are frightened because their benefits are taken from them if they do not comply with exactly what they are instructed to do. It was said that they get one warning or two warnings. When warnings are being given to really vulnerable people and they are frightened that they will not have a penny left and their payments will be cut, it is a very unequal relationship. They will not go to the Department and detail what has happened to them because their main concern is whether they have enough money to keep a roof over their head or to have enough food until the end of the week. That is a problem.

I need to ask about mental health and this is my final question.