Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)

I just want to clarify what I said. If my constituent's partner had died in December 2024, she would have got that payment from then on. Because he died in December 2021, she will of course be able to apply for the payment and I welcome that but she will not get it because it was in 2021 and, therefore, it is not backdated. My point is that the date should not matter, but it is going to matter. I do welcome the difference this payment will make to her and to others, although I want to reiterate what my colleagues have said about amendment No. 1. It is very important. The judge was very clear with regard to children, and that is what this is supposed to be about.

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