Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Yes, it is, but we can reverse how we look at it. The numbers in this area have grown substantially in the past several years. We would all like to know the reason for the jump from 36,000 people in receipt of this allowance some years ago to 82,000 this year. That will form part of a broad-ranging review regarding what we will do in the future.

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