Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The rules now being applied by the Department of Social and Family Affairs are not in accordance with EU law at all and are severely prejudicial to the entitlements of Irish people in this country. The Tánaiste is fully aware of this. The only possible way to discuss this is under the Bill to provide for the introduction of new means-tested payments for lone parents and families on low incomes. When will that be brought before the House, and will it be possible to introduce some other measure such as a consolidated Bill, that might deal with the issue I have raised?

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