Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
2:00 am
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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This payment had no means test. That is my point. Anybody could get it. It was a recognition that he or she had lost financial support from his or her partner. A person may still be paying a mortgage or have been getting help with the education of children. The Minister is taking that payment away, -----