Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

What has happened is that claims will be processed more smoothly, given the person made a claim in the previous two weeks. That issue has been streamlined. I think what the Deputy is saying is that although the money comes from two different Departments, it all comes from the Exchequer and that these people should not have to make repeated claims. That has not been changed. However, we have tried to streamline the process so that applicants can move seamlessly between the two.

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