Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the social welfare and pensions Bill. We were informed today that there is yet another bilateral agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on the passing of that Bill. Our party spokesperson, Deputy Willie Penrose, sought to engage with the Minister on it. For the information of the other Members of the House who are not part of this arrangement - any pretence now that there is not a formal coalition between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is becoming strained - when will the social welfare Bill be published? Why, as announced today by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael bilaterally, is a threshold of €5,000 for disclosures being applied to social welfare fraud when the threshold for Revenue fraud is €30,000 before disclosures happen?

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