Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Order of Business
10:30 am
Ciarán Cannon (Progressive Democrats)
Before raising the issue that concerns me, I wish to comment briefly on the remarks of Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Alex White on caring for the less well off in society. Next year the Government will spend €17 billion on social welfare. Fr. Sean Healy of CORI described the social welfare increases in last year's budget as historic. Senator Alex White asserted that there is less equality in this country. The most scientifically based measurement of equality is the Gini coefficient. It is accepted among all economists as the most worthwhile method of assessing equity.
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