Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Select Committee on Social Protection

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I mean that the Minister should know where she is trying to get to and she will get there over time, by adjusting schemes like means-testing, the jobseeker's allowance, the working family payment, etc. We should get there that way, rather than in a big bang where we eliminate the old system and some day bring in a basic income system or whatever.

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