PQ 62
62 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total number of persons receiving assistance from the MABS in respect of the latest date for which figures are available; the number who were in receipt of the supplement payable to persons on social welfare allowance; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed that the abolition of this supplement may push people into the hands of illegal moneylenders; if she will reconsider the decision to abolish the supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28940/03]
Introduced
2 December 2003
Last action
2 December 2003 · Other Questions. - Social Welfare Benefits.
Status
oral
Sponsors
Costello, Joe.
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
2 December 2003
Summary
62 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total number of persons receiving assistance from the MABS in respect of the latest date for which figures are available; the number who were in receipt of the supplement payable to persons on social welfare allowance; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed that the abolition of this supplement may push people into the hands of illegal moneylenders; if she will reconsider the decision to abolish the supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28940/03]
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
2 December 2003
Other Questions. - Social Welfare Benefits.
62 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total number of persons receiving assistance from the MABS in respect of the latest date for which figures are available; the number who were in receipt of the supplement payable to persons on social welfare allowance; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed that the abolition of this supplement may push people into the hands of illegal moneylenders; if she will reconsider the decision to abolish the supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28940/03]
Source: oral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
1 official file
Other Questions. - Social Welfare Benefits.
Other Questions. - Social Welfare Benefits.
xml · EN · 2 December 2003
Sponsors
- Costello, Joe. · Asking member
- Minister for Social and Family Affairs · Minister for Social and Family Affairs · Addressed to
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2003-12-02/62/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2003-12-02/pq_62
- ireland · q-2003-12-02-pq_62 · source updated 2 December 2003