Dáil debates
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage
5:00 pm
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
One of the meanest acts was the dropping of the fuel allowance. It is a means tested payment that is made to the weakest in society and people do not receive it unless they have a income of less than €300 a week. That allowance has been dropped.
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