Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Report on Child and Family Income Support: Discussion

1:20 pm

Ms Ann Irwin:

On the family income supplement payment, Senator Healy Eames is correct that work should pay. However, the reality is that for a large number of people in this country, work does not pay an adequate amount to enable them to live with a standard of living that is in any way acceptable.