Social welfare payments and post offices
Robert Troy seeks a social welfare Bill to stop departmental advice favouring bank payments over post offices. The Chair presses him for the Bill’s identity, and the Minister says the promised social welfare Bills have already been enacted.
On promised legislation, I refer to the social welfare Bill that is due. When will it come before the House to give Members an opportunity to pass an amendment so we can ensure that the Department of Social Protection will cease being cheerleaders for the banks and advising customers to have their payments made through banks, to the detriment of-----
Comment on this
If this continues we will not have a post office left in rural Ireland and the Government is overseeing this.
Comment on this
The social welfare Bills that have been promised on my list have been enacted.