Seanad debates
Thursday, 14 December 2006
Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage
12:00 pm
Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)
I listened to Senator McCarthy in total silence. Perhaps he will do me the same courtesy. In 1997, the general increases in social welfare were £3. I readily acknowledge it is more in euro. It was a little ahead of inflation. If it is difficult to live on €209.30, I do not know how difficult it was to live on a post-budget £67.50.
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