Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I cannot help but ask about the status of the legal costs Bill. These people are receiving enormous sums of money at a time when others cannot put bread on the table. We have been promised this Bill for years but it remains on the back burner.

In regard to the Department of Social and Family Affairs, a situation has arisen whereby many self-employed people, including farmers, do not have the money to put bread on the table yet their social welfare payments are calculated on last year's incomes.

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