Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

It is entirely defensible on the basis that the changes introduced last year allow people to work. It is important that there should be no disincentive to people going to work. Many people on rent supplement will have additional income. If, in February, those same people were housed in Limerick in rental accommodation, they would pay €26 per week and in Dublin city €24.87 per week.

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