asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will ensure that steps are taken to supply more information to applicants of their rights under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.

As I stated in reply to a similar question to-day, supplies of an information leaflet giving details about the supplementary welfare allowances scheme have been sent to nearly a thousand health centres throughout the country. This leaflet is also available at all information offices of my Department and at the community information centres registered with the National Social Service Council.

I have also arranged to have a large-sized advertisement inserted in the Sunday newspapers shortly. This advertisement in additon to giving information about the scheme will advise people of their rights and tell them how to go about making a claim.

Would the advertisement state that people are entitled to appeal against a decision?

It will be a very full advertisement. A group representing the unemployed generally came to see me recently about this matter and suggested that I do this. I was glad to be able to accede to their request. It will be a very satisfactory advertisement giving all the necessary information and it will be very prominently displayed. I would not necessarily think that that would be the end of the matter; we will probably have to do more.

Could the Minister make available to most people the set of guidelines which he gave me in confidence? Having received these guidelines in confidence it is difficult for me to make the information available.

The Deputy may make it available for his own purposes, but not publicly.

Can the Minister make it available to me?

Would the Minister make this information available to the other Deputies in the House?

Deputy Reynolds has just asked me for it. He is usually slightly ahead of his Coalition colleagues.

A great relationship seems to have developed between the Minister and Deputy Reynolds over the last few days, whatever is going on.

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