Paul Bradford (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He has enough on his plate. We need some further reassurance that the exceptional needs payment will be triggered in certain cases. There needs to be a reasonable degree of standard response across the country. As politicians, we always like to contact our local community welfare officers to plead for an extra degree of assistance for those whose additional circumstances need to be put on the table. We are sure the officers have never before heard about such circumstances. I suppose exceptional needs will always be a little exceptional.