Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. Unfortunately, however, the person to whom I refer does not qualify under the other means for warmer homes. The fuel allowance was the only way for her to qualify. It is wrong. Maybe the witnesses could look at that situation because she is only over the limit by €15. As I said, she has been disqualified from a very good scheme that she needs for her home.

What access does the Department of Social Protection have to bank accounts? I do not think we actually got a reply to that question. If I have three or four bank accounts, does the Department know I have them? Does it know how much I have in them? It is a question I get asked regularly. Maybe it is an answer we could get today.