Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Their children in Australia - they also have grandchildren there - paid for their flights. However, they could not take the decision to travel, given that without a payment, they would have been unable to pay their rent and other standing charges for a period. They were hoping to go for three to four weeks. Given that so many people have emigrated of late, will the Minister extend the period from two weeks to four weeks and continue the payment, if the proper documentation is presented? I accept the Minister's arguments. I know of grandparents who travelled to visit their daughter, who then gave birth and experienced complications, and they want to extend their stay but have no income with which to pay their bills such as rent. Will the Minister extend the two-week period in the case of documents being presented, not the 13 weeks she mentioned?

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