Fianna Fáil have insisted the new list of social welfare defrauders will be meaningless.
Following a deal with Fianna Fáil, the government now plans to introduce a system whereby anyone convicted of welfare fraud worth for more than €5,000 will be "named and shamed" on a defaulters list.
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar had to row back on his initial plans, which involved publishing the names of everyone involved in social welfare fraud.
After a backlash against his 'Welfare Frauds Cheat Us All' advertising campaign - and complaints from Fianna Fáil - he changed the plans to introduce the €5,000 threshold.
Speaking earlier today he conceded that there is a need to compromise to get things done in the Dáil.
"In order to get things through it is necessary that from time to time we make compromises either with Fianna Fáil or even on occasion with Sinn Féin.
"That is what has happened on this occasion and it is important that we get out programme through and if we have to make compromises in order to do so, we will do so.
He defended the strategy and denied it was a "hate campaign."
There's been significant backlash against the scheme - with Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed raising concerns it may be in breach of the Data Protection Act.
Fianna Fáil's Social Protection spokesperson Willie O'Dea says ultimately the measure will be meaningless.
"[It will make] not the slightest disincentive because, as I say, if somebody sets out to defraud the system they know that if they are caught they are going to be in court, they are going to be named and shamed in the newspapers, they are going to be up before the judge who has the power to impose a range of penalties on them and then also they will have to give back the money," he said.
Sinn Féin have also criticised the move - calling it a hate campaign.
"I think the whole campaign has been widely discredited," he said. "The figures that had been put out there at the outset have been proven to be false, totally inaccurate and indeed fraudulent some would actually say."
The government is hopeful all stages of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017 can now be passed before the summer recess next week - however Fianna Fáil has expressed reservations about the timeline.
The bill is still expected to pass when it eventually comes to the Dáil floor.
