Mark Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

I want to bang a drum I have been banging over the past number of years. It happened to me again on the way up in the car this morning. It concerns people being disallowed the fuel allowance because there is somebody living in the house with them who is in receipt of a social welfare payment and in employment. It is wrong because we are in the middle of a housing crisis and these people are putting a roof over the heads of whoever is living with them. I ask the Minister to look at this, particularly for those in receipt of social welfare payments. It is wrong, given that we are in a housing crisis, that we disallowing the family the fuel allowance because that person is in receipt of a social welfare payment. It is something I raised before. If the Minister could look at that again, I would appreciate it.