Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Se?n Healy:

Fair enough. We were talking in the welfare system to go for €220 and there was complete agreement across the community and voluntary sector on that number coming up to the budget decisions for this year. The Government did not match that. It basically only gave us €12. Since then, we have listened to a PR campaign that must be costing millions. My tax money will pay for what I consider to be a serious disinformation campaign. Even poor people are beginning to think they should feel better off simply because they are coming across a load of advertisements on radio.