Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

No, while that might include those who had made contact with the Department of Social and Family Affairs, not everyone necessarily would have done so. For example, the Department does not have income rates for those who are in receipt of child benefit, whereas Revenue has data on low income earners. It should be remembered that these are the people who qualify for this supplement and not necessarily people in receipt of social welfare.

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