Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I am talking about an article which appears on the front page of the Irish Examiner. There is also an article in the Irish Independent, as well as coverage on the Newstalk radio station. Senator Harte has claimed a couple from Bosnia is receiving €90,000 in social welfare payments every year. If that claim is true - the Senator has said someone in the Department of Social Protection gave him the information - it needs to be investigated because it is a criminal offence to give the private information of persons on social welfare to anyone, including politicians. If what the Senator is claiming is not correct which I have reason to believe is the case, he should answer because the figures he has given do not add up. There is a concerted approach by the Labour Party to downgrade persons on social welfare.