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Pressures on welfare system - Cowen

listen Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:47

The Taoiseach has acknowledged there are increasing pressures on the social welfare system because of the number of people who have lost their jobs.

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Brian Cowen was responding to a question from Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore who said the social welfare system was creaking under the strain of people turning up at their offices.

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He said many people were waiting up to three months before they could claim what was legally entitled to them.
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