Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

She changed the pension rules dramatically when she reduced substantially the pension paid to people who took time out of work for the purposes of caring duties or child-rearing. The Minister is familiar with the manner in which social welfare works on the basis of an average. I would say that in 90% of cases, the people who are hurt by this kind of rule change are the women of Ireland. The Minister also cut the respite grant by €325, from €1,700 to €1,375. Having hit elderly people and those who need care, she decided this year to hit the dead by abolishing the bereavement grant of €850.

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