Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

A certain figure has been allocated for supplementary welfare payments. Every time a difficulty arises for one in the social welfare system one is told to go to a community welfare officer to apply for a supplementary welfare payment. People whose houses were flooded were also told to go to a community welfare officer to apply for a supplementary welfare payment. That figure was agreed before the floods and the cold weather conditions. Is the Minister stating that people who cannot meet their fuel bills because of the extreme weather will be looked after when they go to the community welfare service?

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