Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has now moved in this direction. A total of 200,000 low income and unemployed families will receive no allowance under the budget, which will be redrawn in days of being announced with great fanfare. Pensioners with a taxable income who qualify for the household benefits package will benefit from the budget but not unemployed people. The Government will have to review in the Finance Bill the position regarding water charges. Another anomaly has arisen whereby landlords with the PPS numbers of their tenants can return the form without the permission of the tenants. This was brought to the attention of Senator O'Brien this morning by a constituent. All these anomalies arise.