An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-08
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Joan Collins (I4C), Dublin South-Central

I have a specific question for the Taoiseach on the cost-of-living increases. Is the Government seriously considering setting up an emergency hardship fund? Last week during statements on the costs of living, I raised this proposal.
The ESRI has also raised the need for the establishment of an emergency fund to help to meet exceptional need payments and for such a fund to be administered by the community welfare officers based in the community as they operated in the past.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-08