Social Welfare Payments
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-18
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Claire Kerrane (SF), Roscommon-Galway

Ahead of the budget, which is not too far away, I wish to ask the Minister about the core social welfare payments. Will she consider increasing them in budget 2022 to start the process of getting to the minimum essential standard of living, which is so important? Any social welfare system should at the very least protect those who rely on it from poverty.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-18