Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

It is all a great bit of fun. I hope the Minister is as amused by the plight of the thousands of pensioners who are the victims of the expert panel recommendations regarding the IASS scheme, which were roundly rejected by active members in the DAA and, obviously, overwhelmingly rejected by those who did not have a voice in the process at all, namely, deferred and current pensioners.

We are told that an extra €7 million has been found for DAA pensioners. Where did this come from? How did we get new money now when the Minister said he could not get new money to alleviate the problems of the deferred and current pensioners? If it is not new money, who is losing out?

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