Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Minister a simple question. Does she agree that all social welfare payments should be increased at least in line with the rate of inflation in the forthcoming budget? The Government did not do this in the last budget and the result has been that the poorest people in our society got poorer as a consequence of the decisions the Government made. These consequences are that more people are in deprivation, at risk of poverty and using food banks.

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