Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I wish to clarify that when I quoted the FLAC recommendation that the section be deleted, I was not necessarily supporting it. I was merely stating that without the relevant clarification that is the extreme change one might seek. If a person is in receipt of, for example, €250 when he or she should have been in receipt of €200, the Department can claim the €50 but it cannot claim the €250. Will the Minister confirm that will be the case? If that is the case, I have no difficulty with the section.

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