Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----that the eligibility criteria for the State pension has changed fundamentally.

The Minister's comments on housing and accommodation were nothing short of pathetic. He would have been better off saying nothing than what he actually said. There has been no increase in rent supplement. It was flagged and leaked repeatedly that rent certainty would be introduced but there is no rent certainty today. There was to be tax relief for landlords who took on tenants in receipt of rent supplement-----

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