Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed)
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
It is correct. I want to challenge the Department on policy-led and needs-led assessment. Our guests referred to indexation for pensioners. Obviously, I am not arguing against that; I support the increase in the pension, which Sinn Féin has called for. However, to do that as a priority in light of the fact that those who are more at risk of poverty are actually in the other categories does not make any sense to me.
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