John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the programme for Government, the Government gives a commitment to implement a working family payment. We already have a working family payment in form of the family income supplement. When I spoke to striking workers at the Tesco stores in Bray and Greystones, I was alarmed when a number of them told me that management has threatened that their family income supplement payments will be stopped because of their engagement in industrial action. When I checked with the Department, I was informed that if workers engage in industrial action, their payments may be suspended.

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