John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what the Minister is trying to do but what I do not agree with and what is not fair to Members is the ambiguous way in which these figures are being produced. The savings involved are additional to those already identified in the budget for 2017 that was introduced last October. There was not €60 million available to bring forward social welfare payments to the beginning of January but now there is €120 million for this initiative. The issue is the identification of the detail and clarity on from where those funds are coming.

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