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

How can the Minister of State justify that if Senator Murphy and I went on the scheme, and I am single and I have €200 plus income from a farm, I still get the €259 payment and Senator Murphy, who has the same income from his farm, because has a dependant adult and children and more responsibilities, no matter what he does cannot get more than €27.90 unless his partner goes out under the new arrangement? Regardless of what it is costing, it is unfair and unjust, and objectively discriminatory.