Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I would like to provide an assurance to those in that segment of the social welfare budget who are over 66 and depend on social transfers but I must also look at pensioners, the unemployed, those with disabilities, those in receipt of domiciliary care, child payments and so on. I must also examine the issue of consistent poverty, including vulnerable pensioners, those with disabilities and the unemployed. What we must try do is to frame the budget in such a way that nobody is asked to bear a burden he or she cannot bear. Deputy Shortall asked me other questions but they relate primarily to taxation. I will be part of those discussions on the budget-----

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