Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the Deputy is better off addressing that specific question to the Minister. Deputy Stanley asked about debt. What I said is the same as I outlined to his deputy leader, Deputy McDonald, which is that in particular, the Department of Social Protection has a very long record in helping families who have debt issues, especially through the household budgeting scheme with An Post, to meet their debts and to pay their bills on a regular basis. That system has been employed and been working very well in this country for a long period. A total of 1.2 million people have registered with Irish Water.

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