49 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether welfare recipients have a higher marginal propensity to consume than persons on higher incomes and that cutting welfare rates would thus more severely impact on demand within the economy than other expenditure cuts; his further views on whether welfare dependants are less likely to have benefited from falling interest rates than those on higher incomes and that the HICP measure of inflation is therefore more appropriate than the CPI measure in determining their changing cost of living; if he will commit to maintaining welfare rates in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27958/09]

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49 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether welfare recipients have a higher marginal propensity to consume than persons on higher incomes and that cutting welfare rates would thus more severely impact on demand within the economy than other expenditure cuts; his further views on whether welfare dependants are less likely to have benefited from falling interest rates than those on higher incomes and that the HICP measure of inflation is therefore more appropriate than the CPI measure in determining their changing cost of living; if he will commit to maintaining welfare rates in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27958/09]

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