Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

I am not overly convinced by the attention being given to this matter and the reasons the Minister has given regarding the 5,000 people making claims. If they were notified, payments should have ceased then, but payments continued to be made to them. There was some period for which they received payments that they should not have received them. This issue needs more attention across the board in terms of all payments. We are under some time pressure and I will not press this amendment.

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