Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I notice the social welfare Estimate will be discussed this evening but a characteristic of it is that most of the main social welfare announcements are made in the budget. Therefore, one is looking at only one part of the picture. It seems people want to deny any Minister for Social and Family Affairs the right to make readjustments in existing schemes, but one will not be able to judge the social welfare Estimate until the budget.