Eileen Flynn (Independent)
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I will speak to the Deputy's point around energy and people not getting their fuel allowance. To date, more than 300 Travellers have not received their €600. That is the €200, the €400 and the €200 from last year. That is appalling. Some work has been going on with National Traveller MABS. However, it is the meters. The money is coming from local authorities. It is being taken out of people's budgets. That is a story for another day. That is something which needs to be dealt with and the Department is working with MABS. It is again that level of inequality. I know Traveller families who got money from the local authorities for their electricity. Some local authorities manage Traveller electricity as well. You would not see it in the general population. Basically, some of those families have not been awarded the €600 electricity credit. That has nothing to do with people here. For people who were awarded it from local authorities the money came out of their rent or their every week money.