John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)

Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific cuts to child benefits, disability allowances and other social welfare payments signalled in the draft deal with the EU/IMF and in view of the latest research which indicates that 620,000 persons or 14.1 per cent of the population are already at risk of poverty and the expert belief that this figure would be much higher if it were not for social welfare payments, the way she will implement further cuts whilst simultaneously attaining the target set out in the current national agreement Towards 2016 of eliminating consistent poverty by 2016 [10714/11]

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