Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We maintained the weekly rates and, as a consequence, the social welfare system in Ireland has had the largest reduction in poverty risk of almost any state in the European Union. For the information of the Deputy, our social welfare system is a strong system of support for people when they need it and helps people of working age get back to work. If the Deputy is suggesting that people should be encouraged, including people who can pay like some Deputies in this House who will not pay-----

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