Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-17
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

On 19 October I asked the Taoiseach why the increase in the means test for fuel allowance was being delayed until next January.
The Taoiseach told me that the Government decision was to implement the decisions with immediate effect on budget night. I then got a letter from the Minister, dated 15 November, telling me that, in fact, the decision is that the means test will not be increased until next January. Will the Taoiseach either correct the record of the Dáil or, preferably, correct the wrong decision to delay the increase in the means test? People who need the fuel allowance now will have to wait until January.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-17