Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I understand, and I commend the Deputy on the ingenuity of organising a debate on an issue that would otherwise be out of order. Obviously we must have a provision whereby people who have been overpaid will pay it back - whether it is in social welfare or elsewhere. We will always try to do so in a sympathetic way and I give that undertaking to the House.

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