Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Sinn Féin proposal provides for the repayment of overpayments by way of only €2 per week. As I said earlier, almost everybody who deals with the social welfare system is 100% honest. However, in the case of those people who may be dishonest, recouping money from them on behalf of other people who need social welfare income at the rate of, as suggested by Senator Cullinane, €2 per week is a proposal that does a severe injustice to everyone who pays their tax and PRSI.