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

The Minister will be aware that people aged under 26 years suffered pretty drastic cuts to their job seeker's allowance or benefit in the recent budget. I am trying to ascertain how many people have been affected and what it has contributed to the State. The Government took almost €3 billion out of the economy, so what contribution has this reduction made?

What savings will be achieved by this reduction which is imposing so much suffering on one category of the population?

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