Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael)

The amount of money spent in such instances and provided by the State has gone beyond a joke and gives the two fingers to people living in normal society. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister here to openly discuss a welfare cap and the provision of an appropriate amount of money for people to live on. I want to prevent cases like the showboating that took place in my town last weekend, and I am sure it took place in every town in the country, by a particular ethnic group in our society. No one is in employment in that home but the girls had Swarovski diamonds embedded on their dresses and a young fella had accessorised his outfit with a top hat and cane. Such extravagance is beyond normal people. We must arrange for the Minister to come to discuss the matter and we must have the courage to put such matters on our agenda.