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Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current social welfare benefits?

In 2011 the level of public spending on the welfare state by the British Government accounted for £113.1 billion, or 16% of government. By 2020 welfare spending will rise to 1/3rd of all spending making it the largest expense followed by housing benefit, council tax benefit, benefits to the unemployed, and benefits to people with low incomes.

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Response rates from 496 Limerick voters.

32%
Fewer
60%
More
24%
Fewer
45%
More
7%
Fewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most
8%
More, reform the system so that it supplements, rather than replaces, a working income
1%
Fewer, current benefits do not provide enough support
3%
More, but increase benefits for the elderly and disabled
2%
More, current benefits should be capped
2%
More, and deny benefits to immigrants

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 @9NPQ5W6 answered…6mos6MO

More, ensuring that the benefits are going to the people that actually require it, e.g an actual jobseeker, not someone refusing to look for a job

 @9ZM33B3answered…7 days7D

More, make it a living wage, but provide it to everyone regardless of employment status. Universal basic income

 @9ZKSZGFanswered…1wk1W

All social welfare basic payments should be replaced by a Universal Basic Income with no strings attached, no Means Test, and freedom to supplement it with work / investments

 @9ZHLYBKanswered…1wk1W

More, anyone claiming a benefit is required to join a scheme, for tidy towns, volunteering at hospital or courses for carers etc. Benefits are capped at 3 years over a lifetime.

 @9ZH95KBanswered…1wk1W

I think I'd like to see both. I know that there are people that abuse the system, which is unfair to the people who genuinely need it, and I know people who the system has failed.

 @9ZGMSBCanswered…2wks2W

More, People who haven't worked in a certain time period even though they are able to do so should not be allowed to receive social welfare

 @9ZCWX9Lanswered…2wks2W

There should be way more restrictions. Everyone who is able to work should be working. The poverty cycle will never end with the current generous welfare benefits. It is unfair to financially cripple people who are contributing to society by working and paying taxes in order to reward people who are able to work but choose not to

 @9ZBHTFYanswered…2wks2W

I believe the current system works relatively well to my understanding, which is not the best in all honesty.
However, it is too easy to create and find loopholes in the current system when searching for them.
In contrast the restrictions are unintentionally targeted to reject benefits for carers.
If a carer is not working as they are required to care for their child full-time, then they are not able to get their stamps which are needed for social benefits. If the child passes away, then the carer is left unfit for work due to strain after caring for years, and also without social benefit..

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