Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

It is a very serious accusation. The point is that it is the people who are suffering, not us. We are being paid, as are the Ministers. The people suffering are those being deprived of this service, including the poorest. I ask that the Taoiseach would do something about this serious issue. Children and adults, including senior citizens, are being deprived of the right to know the position of their appeals or their payments. If the system is allowing the Minister to provide services for his own, we ask that the same be supplied across the board in this House.

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