Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

It is about a balance. It is not only about a few people, as the Deputy rightly said. The generosity and flexibility in the system is indicative of the Irish people and the amount of resources we have put into this area. It would be wrong to be irresponsible and to attach no conditions for people coming to this country to access what is a very generous social welfare system.

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