Brendan Ryan (Labour)

My concerns are legitimate. Do I understand correctly that the moneys given to people who receive State payments which are the subject of a means test which is not based on an enactment will be reduced because they receive repayments under this legislation? It seems the Minister of State is saying they want to leave a possibility in place for people who receive payments which are not covered. I refer to payments which are means tested, other than via an enactment. The Bill states that repayments "shall be disregarded in the assessment under any enactment of a person's means". It seems to me that it is extraordinarily unfair that when officials are assessing means other than under an enactment, they will be entitled to include this payment in their considerations.