Varadkar: 'I didn't have the money for January increase'

The social protection minister says it wouldn't have been fair to give pensioners another increase this year and give nothing to other welfare recipients.

The social protection minister has said it would not have been fair to give pensioners another increase this year and give nothing to other welfare recipients.

Leo Varadkar says he simply did not have the €90m needed to pay the increase from January 1.