Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That really is contemptible. It is an insult to the people who already are traumatised by the death of a loved one for the sake of €17 million.

I could give the Minister 50 proposals off the top of my head that would achieve savings of more than €17 million. Will the Minister put some marginal additional levy on some item and remove this measure? If she were to do nothing else during the course of this charade of a debate on the social welfare Bill, I ask that she remove this measure.

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