Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In 2006, there were 18,000 disability allowance claims. In 2011, there were 24,000 claims. The Deputy needs to consider the fact that all areas of social welfare have been heavily impacted by the financial crisis bequeathed to us, by the number of people who have lost their jobs, by those who have become ill and by changes in the population. There has been a significant increase in volume. The changes occurred during the Deputy's period in government.

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