Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy stated that 20% of members of the Permanent Defence Forces are in receipt of family income supplement. I ask him to check his figures. Fewer than 117 members of the Defence Forces out of a total personnel of a little over 9,200 are in receipt of family income supplement. To state that 20% are in receipt of family income supplement is untrue. That myth has been peddled in recent times. The correct figures are available from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for anybody to check.

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