Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We will reduce the duration of jobseeker’s benefit by three months. This will save €33 million in 2013 and €82 million in a full year. The household benefits package comprises electricity allowance, telephone allowance and free television licence schemes. Given the universal element of the household benefits package, we have decided to reduce the supports available to the telephone allowance scheme, to achieve savings of €61 million next year.

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