Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can give a definite date as to when I had the report as I received it yesterday. I cannot give the Deputy all the recommendations because the report is incredibly complex. I did meet the representatives of these workers, although I do not know if it was the Deputy or somebody else who organised it for me. I understand the exact situation that pertains to the people in the Deputy's county but one cannot make changes to a scheme just to reflect a small number of people in a small part of the country without having far-reaching effects on everybody else. I need to consider the report very carefully, which I will do this weekend, and I will come back to the Deputy with the recommendations I am planning to make to address the issue affecting the people he represents.

I agree that the subsidiary payment is small and this might be one of the easier things to reflect on in the report. I ask the Deputy to give me a little time to reflect on the report. I will come back to it and we will resolve this issue.

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