Seanad debates
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages
10:30 am
Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
He signed it within three days. All of this was choreographed from the beginning. I have a lot of regard for Uachtarán na hÉireann but I am just saying that it appears that everything was lined up in advance.
This amendment will not affect any other scheme. While I thank the Minister of State for responding, I again ask him what is wrong with setting a 90% funding standard which is, as Senator Power pointed out, the OECD standard. Most other western European countries abide by that standard. What is wrong with it? There is nothing wrong with it and we should apply it here. I will be pressing the amendment.
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