Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy made a few points that I will come back on. Regarding the ratio of people with children on the scheme then and now, we have looked into this. We are able to ascertain who we have now, but we have not been able to get the comparative figures for before, when the rules were different. My understanding is, though, that if we were to operate on the previous rules, it would increase the budget very significantly. We estimate it would be close to doubling it. I would say-----